Houston is only a "cheap" city if you look at housing costs but not transportation costs. The ridiculous sprawl of Houston increases transportation costs so muc

Houston is only a "cheap" city if you look at housing costs but not transportation costs. The ridiculous sprawl of Houston increases transportation costs so much that it is actually less affordable than "expensive" cities like New York City.[0][1] This doesn't even take into account the externalities of the higher emissions that come from living in a car-dependent place. [0] https://htaindex.cnt.org/fact-sheets/?lat=29.7604267&lng=-95.3698028&focus=place&gid=25649#fs https://htaindex.cnt.org/fact-sheets/?lat=29.7604267&lng=-95... [1] https://htaindex.cnt.org/fact-sheets/?lat=40.7127753&lng=-74.0059728&focus=place&gid=16861#fs https://htaindex.cnt.org/fact-sheets/?lat=40.7127753&lng=-74...