Be careful trusting what you read. The blogs are run by people who've drank the cool-aid or move there already having made their money and life, not the kids who grew up there, saw it for what it was and GTFO'd or the townies who are either living on the relative poverty line (these economies are screwy, federal numbers don't apply well) or have a substance addiction.

Source: Grew up in one of those shitholes, actively rooting for sea level rise wipe it off the map, there is nothing of value there.