Dittos to comment 4. Moved to Hampshire Co. WV 10 yrs ago. Refugee from Montgomery Co. MD. Never looked back. Live only 1 mile from border with VA. It is really “almost heaven”. 40 Min to Winchester or Front Royal.
That’s beautiful country there.
Decades ago, we lived in Fairfax Cty, Virginia. Even then it was becoming super infected with the retirees and Fed workers.
Some of our X Fairfax neighbors have moved to the areas in W. Virginia you were discussing. They love that area.
The only DC area of use for them is Dulles Airport to pick up visitors or to visit friends and relatives via a jet plane.
They have cut their tv cables and never subscribe to any DC left wing fish wraps. Some have not been back DC or Fairfax for a decade or more.
I loved the deer, wild turkey and quail hunting in that part of the world.
Shopping is okay, and Amazon sends goods everywhere.
Our former Fairfax and a few DC friends are very happy in that area.