I think this also applies to nice, affordable towns. I’ve googled “best places to live” a couple times, but every time I do I can’t help but think all the place

I think this also applies to nice, affordable towns. I’ve googled “best places to live” a couple times, but every time I do I can’t help but think all the places that show up are either trying to engineer a revitalization/aren’t as nice as advertised or must be at least somewhat swamped and overpriced. Any true gems with affordable prices and great atmosphere/people are only that way while they’re still hidden. If people widely advertise the quality of their neighborhood, they’ll get more money when they sell, but they’ll ruin the atmosphere and affordable entry prices. So any neighborhoods out there that still actually care about the quality and affordability of the town will advertise themselves very quietly and remain mostly hidden. Maybe that’s just wishful thinking on my part, idk. I’d like to think there are really nice, affordable small towns with a real sense of community out there somewhere.