I am willing to bet that if those places had well paid jobs easily available, people would start to move in.
For all the cultural likes and dislikes, mass of people is generally moving when they have pragmatic reason to do so.
For all the cultural likes and dislikes, mass of people is generally moving when they have pragmatic reason to do so.
There's a few islands of sanity here in the midwest, primarily around college towns. But... prices have doubled since 2016, at least in my area.
We're closing on a house. $375k. I'm one of the lucky ones. Like, super lucky. But it sold back in 2016 for $170k.