as someone who has tried to live a non-urban life repeatedly in the United States, yes there is cheap land. But in those rural areas, the people who own land already, do NOT want anyone coming in there and building anything other than cookie cutter mcmansions with ecocide yards.
I know people whove had their things burned down by their neighbors, and thats if there is no bizarre tax or zoning issues they throw at you. Or neighborhood rules committees.
It really starts to sound like soviet russia, which was bribery, but this is too, as it is just the people of town who have accumulated wealth expressing their power to prevent freedom, while wrapping themselves in a flag.
It's quite disgusting, makes it dificult to be patriotic when those at the front of the patriotism line are the ones fracking and dumping shit in the water supply, and telling everyone else their tiny sliver of america is the big problem.
massive exercise in hypocrisy and willfull ignorance. it's difficult to watch. But I have had to.