on housing — above what experts recommended budgeting for shelter.
The substantial funds needed to comfortably live in California are what inspired Ryan Petersen, an Orange County native, to relocate to the suburbs of Texas.
In Dallas, the couple purchased a 2,800-square-foot home with four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and an office for $500,000. Peterson, like many Americans, facedHe believes he wouldn't have been able to buy something similar in California."Like, wait, I can have that?," Petterson said, referencing his new home in Texas.
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