# Poor Houston, so misunderstood

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 30, 2011, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-houston-so-misunderstood/607819 "2011-12-30T09:24:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-houston-so-misunderstood/607819/81 "2012-01-07T18:04:07Z")

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> [@beowulff](#):
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> Were these multi-million dollar homes?  
> Because, $23,000/year is more that 10x what I pay in Phoenix.

They told me that tax rate is ~ 4% so I guess the homes are around $500,000.

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