Back to rural life....advice anyone?

[TreasonousBastard]

3. I agree with you about the joys of the Shenandoah valley but I don't know much about it...

I do, however know a lot about eastern Long Island, which takes you a couple hundred miles and some toll bridges further away.

Like the DC surroundings, much of the farmland is being developed, but what's left is serious, and the farmers are survivors. A lot of them Democrats, too. Vineyards are big, and saved a lot of land from development, but so are the organic farms, orchards and greenhouses. No cattle, but lots of horses, sheep, goats, and even ducks. And a dairy farm or two.

Acreage is expensive, but often doable and there is still some around with development rights sold to the county and going "cheap".

Politics is about 50/50, and getting more liberal as city folks move out. Not much chance of Trumpers slashing your tires.

Oh, and there's an ocean right there.