>>2417237Well, that region is going to be a magnet:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_statistical_areaAnything over 0.75% change is blowing up. Asheville oddly isn't, but it's already crazy enough for several decades' worth of Californianization.
Same for Knoxville, TN, which is nearby, also very excellent weather and /out/, but is also blowing up.
People have discovered southern Appalachia. It's the next PNW, I'm afraid, but it'll probably be a solid place to live for 10-20 years before it goes nuts, if that bothers you. It's still early days, and much of the area is unzoned.
If you want nice, everyone wants it too, and they're all doing what you're doing and moving now that remote work is a thing. It's only going to get worse.
Find something on that list that's not losing pop (rustbelt blight isn't nice) but isn't blowing up either, probably in the TN/SC/NC/GA area for best climate, or TX/OK/AR if you want something drier.
Note that LA and much of AL/GA/SC/NC is blackbelt in the lowlands. The hills are hyperwhite, though. picrel (
city-data.com, excellent resource)
