Looking for suggestions for a place to move in the US as a remote employee

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So the work I do is 100% remote now. I moved to Southern California because of an industry that has in part moved to remote work. My only requirements are a temperate climate, nature access and hopefully a blue-ish state. Is there a place out there that makes sense financially? I’m hoping to buy a house less then 500k. I don’t need access to large cities as I honestly don’t do anything. The only requirement I can think of is access to solid internet as I stream full screen video for what I do.

I’m currently looking at Michigan and Virginia as options.

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I've been thinking of Puerto Rico.

power goes out 12 times a week, water's on for only 5 hours a week, internet drops out every 2 hours, (only alternate option is musky), no cops, no fire dept, no schools, trash is just piled up with no plan whatsoever, no public transit, more superfund sites per sq mile than any state, more taxes than in the USA, .... hurricanes, earthquakes and narcos.

if you knew all that, why would you choose Puerto Rico?

power goes out 12 times a week, water's on for only 5 hours a week, internet drops out every 2 hours, (only alternate option is musky),

I visited for 2 months the only one of these I experienced was the internet going out once.

no cops, no fire dept, no schools

That's just not true at all.

trash is just piled up with no plan whatsoever,

I'm from NYC, so I guess I'm just used to trash.

no public transit

That's true, but apartments in the middle of the city are so cheap that most things were within walking distance for me.

more superfund sites per sq mile than any state,

I've never looked at this when deciding where to live, but I just looked it up and there are way more within 50 miles of me than there are in all of Puerto Rico.

more taxes than in the USA

Still way cheaper cost of living than where I live.

hurricanes, earthquakes and narcos.

Those are the only things you mentioned that are an actual concern to me. Since I work remotely, I'd have the luxury of leaving temporary if there was a massive natural disaster.