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Austin is a fun young professionals city
Dallas and Houston are not the same thing. Dallas is more of CPG & Financial Services city in terms of industries. Certain circles are also very high-fashion (home of Neiman Marcus)
Houston is more chill and more international. Lots of O&G and Healthcare industry. Historically the Houston economy has turned upside down when the oil market crashes. Houston food is also better than Dallas.
If you just want the basics at an affordable price, I’d look at San Antonio. It’s smaller and less exciting, but very diverse since it’s a military town and easy to the basic shopping, movies, lakes, trails, etc., and again, it is one of the most affordable large cities in the state.
Lastly, I’m from Austin and would not live there. It’s dirty, crowded, and pretentious about being weird. The traffic is also atrocious. Dallas & Houston are bigger but have better traffic. The only good thing going on in my opinion is F1. Don’t recommend.
Houston is a dark horse. A hidden gem.
You really have to live there to appreciate its benefits.
I concur with the San Antonio recommendation, especially since you mentioned wanted a home with a big yard. You might consider Helotes, Spring Branch, Bulverde, or Timberwood Park to get that nice home. All are within 30 minutes of a variety of nightlife and restaurant options, and Uber/Lyft accessible.
The issue with all of the 4 cities in TX is that in the burbs you’re going to be surrounded by families. If you’re not planning to have kids, you might consider a part of town like Tobin Hill, Terrell Heights, or Mahncke Park. You’ll get a yard but not a sprawling one, but be withing walking distance of a lot, and have many more couples nearby without kids.
Houston is similar in terms of the suburb/urban breakout and affordability. The vote for Houston is the airport has such great accessibility for international travel. There’s lots of great outdoorsy stuff to do in Houston, but you’ll find yourselves driving 45-60 minutes to access them on weekends.
With that combined income and wanting a yard/ big space - If you go with Houston you’ll more than likely have to live outside of the city in one of the suburbs and commute for work.