If you look at Texas check out Hill Country its the nicest but more expensive. I personally like Round Rock. Not Austin because its got more people than the area was designed for. I looked at Texas extensively for about a year. I'd actually like to move there but Real Estate went up quite a bit relatively speaking. The Property taxes are brutal since there is no State Income tax. Since, I don't believe in a mortgage which literally means "Death Contract" I gotta seddle on Overland Park, KS area because that is what I can afford without having to sell off all my assets.