Mexia doesn’t take itself too seriously. Their official motto is “A great place to live, no matter how you pronounce it.” But the history is no joke: a 1920s oil boom that transformed a railroad town overnight, one of the longest-running Juneteenth celebrations in the nation at Booker T. Washington Park, Fort Parker State Park next door, and 80 miles from Dallas with a median home value that makes every other market on this list look expensive.