They asked my salary range, what should I say? - what worked for you?

I have been out of work for 25 weeks and feel pressure to accept less. I would rather hear the honest version than the polite one. I looked up ranges in Dallas and they vary a lot. How do you research fairly?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it last year, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.