Yep a few years back we went to Thunder Valley in Colorado to the races. Left Amarillo headed to Raton New Mexico. Passed little towns with 80-150 people in them. Told the wife we should move to one of them. She said: "but there is nothing out here". I said yep! No crime, no nosy neighbors, no traffic. Anything I need can get dropped off by the UPS truck.I told my wife I'd like to move to middle of nowhere west Texas. She said "you don't know anyone there."
I said, I will end up knowing everyone worth knowing. She asked how. I said you find out where all the old men gather up in the morning drinking coffee. That is where the knowledge is. You'll know the dozer man, plumber, HVAC man, best lumber yard, best steel supplier. The list is endless. And it's that way in any small town in America.
I'm still thinking hard about it!