Bryophyta,
Following your threads, but maybe I have misremembered your situ, with all of the current book report length 'moving here' threads of late...
Thus, I don't recall your general wants/would likes/needs, beyond ~ $400G budget.
Having done the land/house/where to process we did moving to western NC from Metro NYC in 2001, and though that was a couple decades ago, the 'work' involved in finding an area, town, house situ here has not changed much, other than pricing, imo.
While it may not be convenient for you to some 'in area and on the ground looking' from FL, it may help any of us to have more general parameters of what might be of interest to you, and to offer 'better' recommendations, if you express some needs and wants, e.g. :
-Fam and schools for kids, or just a couple of adults?
-Work from home/remote or retired? Cable speed internet for work or the common fixed wireless we have in some areas?
-Need for close by med attention, 10 mins to a hospital or 30 mins to hospital?
-Suburban setting, bigger lots/less suburban, or more remote setting of house?
-Elevation: 1500 ft, 2,000 ft, 3,500 ft, 4,000+ ft?
-Like 80+ to 85+ deg daytime temps for highs all summer long, don't like 85 in shade?
-Would prefer cooler vs your usual FL and our ever increasing warmer temps found at 3,500 ft or less elevation?
-Grocery and other shopping 5-10 mins from house or is ~15 mins OK, or don't care if it is further?
-City like, 'regular' town, small town?
I could go on with a longer list, and there may be other items on your list, but none of us really know your needs or wants, or would settle for situ.
The What about this house that many posters present to those looking for a house here in western NC, (esp a situ where a move may be a year off or some of the a posters are simply kicking tires and want help with their 'term paper'), is not effective, in my experience...
There are literally a half to a dozen 'towns' and another dozen near 'town' areas that fit many needs for most of the posters here, but none of us can know if any area or town is in your consideration parameters, and if one has not been to/driven in and around, and done some searching and looking in areas of one's interest, most of any posted suggestions would be similar to what stock(s) to buy, imo.
Hopefully, this long post does not read as unhelpful or offensive, as my intent is to offer suggestions if a poster has expressed some specific needs and wants, vs just tossed up house links and general dream lists.
All in good stead, I hope!
GL, mD
Morning sunrise view from our Mtn home deck a couple days ago:
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