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You have nailed it. And all of the places I would love to live, flunk that criteria. The commie libs have conquered every single city I would kill to live in, because I cant stomach the oppression or taxes or people.

So I have to resort to my second tier or even 3rd tier of places.

I dont like the south. Not because of the normal reasons you hear but because the south is generally so flat. I want a view. I want rolling hills. I dont want June bugs and stink bugs. I dont want the long hot summers.

I love the beauty of New York state and Pennsylvania, and Virginia. But they are all commie lib or on the verge.

So now I am forced to look at South Carolina, NC, Alabama, West Virginia, the Ozarks, Mississippi. It sucks that the commie lins have taken away every single place I want to be. But I would rather melt in Mount Peasant and suffer stink bugs tan watch Virginia descend into the next commie hell hole.

I will say it again!

I was born 25 years too late. Yet I kiss the ground in gratitude to God that I was not born today.

There are lots of hilly areas in KY and TN, and even some that include lakeshores. (Ditto for the Ozarks, of course.) Summers - well, water nearby or elevation mitigates heat & humidity somewhat. June bugs don’t bother me, but most rural areas south of, say, Chicago, are going to have ticks & chiggers in abundance. For hoards of mosquitos, Jonesboro, Arkansas is the worst I’ve ever experienced, but that may be neighborhood specific. (ie., rice fields nearby.)

"I dont like the south. Not because of the normal reasons you hear but because the south is generally so flat. I want a view. I want rolling hills. I dont want June bugs and stink bugs. I dont want the long hot summers."

We were looking at KY - beautiful state and nice white fences all over - but the flatness of most of it made us decide otherwise when we got to the east part with the mountains. I have to be near mountains, apparently. Having a cabin in the Sierras spoiled me, I guess.

This is our homestead. Click on the pics for a bigger view. Not a flat area on it, LOL! Watch what you ask for, you know? ;) We had to move a lot of dirt to put in the barn. And my ankles took a bit of time to adjust to all the up/down hill walks about the property.

Other side of the same property. Appalachians in the background (they are actually just at the end of the holler - one could keep walking and hit the AT in about a half mile to a mile).

Bugs were more than I was used to in Bakersfield. But not nearly as bad as they were in Corpus Christi/San Antonio. Nor was the heat or humidity - which I expected to hate. Had to learn some preventative stuff for ticks, but after I figured it out haven't seen another one on my person, dog, or clothes. (fingers crossed) I hate those things, yuck!

Here's another property that we looked at. The views were amazing! (funny, when making our lists of priorities, neither of us had 'a view' on it. But I love having the mountains to look at every day. The weather, especially clouds and the 'smoke' make them look different every few hours.) This property was closer to Roan Mountain, which has higher peaks. It's a beautiful place!