You pretty much covered it all. We feel the same and so do friends who live there becuase their parents live there and their children live there. Hell, some families pass the homes down multiple generations. This is why they say it's affordable - the taxes never increase this way.

However, the sneaky commies raise taxes astronomically when you purchase a home there - named a "newcomer tax." You could pay upwards of 5k for a 350k home, but if Pappy passed it down, it could be 1200 a year. And you pay school taxes for LIFE, no exemption like they do in other states.

Well said. Sad, but so very true.