places like Charles Town, Martinsburg, and Cumberland MD are really wonderful, beautiful, but economically depressed communities. It's not quite Boise or Austin, but towns like this would be really attractive to a certain group of remote workers (esp. those with homesteading or kayaking/fishing/hiking aspirations) if they only knew about them.

I wouldn't have known about them until reading your comment. Thank you, I now have some exploring to do :)