Sup /trv/,
Recently came into a fair amount of money will have around 120,000 after taxes and currently working a remote job for additional income. Looking to do a road trip around with the remainder of this summer to house shop. Looking at 65-100k(including closing costs+some fix ups).

Need some help with the US though, haven't really lived to many places like some people have mostly looking for:
Down to earth people rather than the city life I am used to, avoiding all the "yeah I make 10 million a year that's why I am at this cheap bar drinking well rum and coke!"
Would like all 4 seasons but a fan of better summers than shitty rainy wet winters
Preferably a job market to fall back on within technology, I have a fair bit in savings, so it doesn't need to be glamorous just something to get me out of the house if needed
Airport that can get me around the country if I start to go crazy
Decent gym network if possible as home gyms never give me the same motivation
No liberal movements like the big cities that shut down everything on weekends because drug addict died
Last but not least, good food.

So far I am looking at Lubbok/Amarillo/Witchita Falls TX, Greater Charlotte NC area, Columbus GA, Topeka KC, and Charleston WV. I've heard Pittsburg is also nice but following the news from around there I am weary of it and hills+snow seems like a bad thing.

Any advice? I'm at 36 and dating isn't my thing after having an engagement gone wrong just want to get a good dog and play it easy.

Colombus, Georgia has more blacks than whites.
North Carolina can be arguably said to have the mildest climate anywhere besides the West Coast. Temps over 100 and below zero are both quite rare in the state. The cheap parts of NC are pretty shitty, while the nice parts have skyrocketed in price due to the economic boom.
Topeka is pretty bleak most of the year, but it does have an Amtrak station with daily departures to Chicago at 4:25 AM (lel). It retains a non-Hispanic White majority.
The based corner of America is southwest Missouri. It sure is a long way from any major airport.

Why would you not just buy private land and build on that?

>>2802541
Because buying land, ensuring the utilities are in order, proper permitting, then building on that is usually far in excess of just buying a fixer upper or something that needs TLC. I've looked at lot/lands and buying a cheap 30-45k manufactured home and there are too many fee's + time required. Not to mention moving a "manufactured" home can be pretty questionable in resale value, maintenance, and so on.

It probably is cheaper if I went and built it in north dakota where I could probably get 10-20 acres for dirt cheap then use some farmer financing to offset everything, but not looking for that much work.

>>2802540
I don't really care too much about the % of white, places I am looking at are normally outside the downtown area or aren't "in the loop" of the local highway traffic. Not going to be close to an urban youth center in the places I am looking at. Just wondering if there are other cities that fit the bill that I am overlooking and isn't in some shit hole like south dakota

>>2802534 (OP)
You are sleeping on small PA towns. Pennsylvania is lovely. There's lots of tiny towns that are really old, have a quaint downtown but you're right next to nature and in some cases not from from Philly or Pittsburgh if you want that access periodically.

Avoid Lubbock/Amarillo/Whitica Falls. Those places are fucking boring. And I don't mean that in tha "Where's muh hustle and bustle" I mean the people are annoying, there's not much outdoors stuff to do, you'll have fishbowl syndrome.;

I see what you're going for trust me smaller towns in PA are what you're looking for.

I've been all over the country and there's some other places you might like but if you're weary of snow or sometimes extreme weather small town PA is the way to go. There's so many options.

>>2802702
>PA
>good
Sure PA has some really cool picture-eqsue small towns and such, but it's drawbacks are a pain in the ass
First off the food is all mid at best, nothing terribly wrong with it but nothing standing out as "wow they really nail that dish here!'
Taxes are fucked for the most part, land, goods and personal property
Many of the houses are on their last legs due to abandonment through the hardest parts of the rust belts history but got a new slap of paint
Weather is "good" for those few weeks in Fall where the leaves hit right, but enjoy the extreme shit levels of all 4 season pollen can be atrocious
Roads are dogshit which doesn't help you'd basically need a car, buses never go straight and biking is one hell of a feat outside eastern side of the state
Squatting and crime are a problem and the laws are against you in PA
>I see what you're going for trust me smaller towns in PA are what you're looking for.
If you're recommending PA you're going to need to narrow it down because it will be exactly like LAW only with shittier beef.
Not to mention among all else tech is pretty non-existent unless you go to one of 2 sides of the country.

I'd be weary of anything 70-100K in a location like Pittsburgh where the weather rough on a house. At least with amarillo and lubbock you know the dryer air isn't as bad for it.