It's the Missouri Ozarks in southwest Missouri, Low cost of living, a huge lake, swimming, beautiful scenery, boating, fishing, cheap land (for the most part) creeks, slow shallow rivers, scuba diving, caves, cliffs, horses, camping, hiking, restarants, Branson, a roller coaster, Imax theaters, float trips, canoeing, friendly people, minorities not welcome (a fair amount of gays in Branson because of the theater and entertainment but they bother no one), area was mostly settled by the Scots-Irish ("you don't bother me and I won't bother you"), horse auctions, fiddling, you name it, it's probably there.