Relocating from Texas

"Jorn" wrote in message
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Hi,

Me and my wife (both early 30s) are planning to move out of Texas.
We are looking for a location with cooler summers than Texas.
Preferably either in or close to the mountains, and/or close to the ocean.
(we prefer mountains over the ocean, but we want one or the other; not
just flat land in the midwest)

Things we're looking for:
- mountain environment and/or ocean
- within 1 hour drive from a good sized city
- university/college town is always a plus; many young people means that
there's always something to do, and it keeps real estate prices affordable
- within 1 hour from a good sized airport (with service from the major
airlines)
- our budget to buy a house with a view, in a good area of town, is around
$200,000. Since we don't want to live in a dump, or spend hours in
traffic, California is out of the picture. Of course, depending on whether
the state has income tax or not, and depending on the height of the real
estate tax, this can buy more or less house.
In Austin, TX we can afford a $200,000 house. Texas has no state income
tax, but crazy high real estate taxes, which make the monthly mortgage
payments a lot higher compared to $200,000 houses in other states!

Cities we've found and are possibly interested in:
- Asheville, NC = seems affordable, lots of nice nature and mountains

What do you recommend or suggest?

Thanks.




Some place with employment that will let you make the mortgage payments on a
$200k loan.