Everyone says Abilene is cheaper. I am not so sure that is true.
I looked at our house. We owe 2.9% taxes. That costs us $1,900. I looked at a house that wasn’t a lot more than ours ($30K) and their taxes in Abilene are $3,654, with homestead exemptions. It says the tax rate is 2.3%, so maybe I am messing something up. But I’m thinking, dang, houses are expensive. Taxes are too.
You are calculating something wrong because we paid a lot more than $1900 in taxes. That sounds like it doesn’t include the school district.