Live out in the county, but near WVWU. Moved here from NYC twenty years ago. I’ve seen a lot of changes here in that short amount of time, but too old to move again......*sigh*
I have only been in WV once since I graduated in 1981, that was about the time you moved there I think 1999. We were on the way to KY, drove what I know as US Rt. 48 (I-68), down I-79 to US Rt 50. Changes for sure but still WV. If it were just me I would be looking at rural Gilmer, Dodridge, Ritchie counties. But I’m sure my wife would not like it long term. The city of Salem seems to look terrible these days.
Hopefully they will finish the work in process of the North Bend Rail Trail before Labor day this year. I’m planning on getting my brother to drive me to Parkersburg, ride the trail and then get picked up in Wolf Summit. I think I can do this in 8 hours.
We are in Carbon County PA since 2004, which is almost almost heaven. It’s semi-rural NE PA. I’m a NJ transplant to PA so a bit of an improvement.