Crime and cost of living in your area.

I’ll take the weirdos at Walmart, this is on a different level down here. We have some nice rural areas near me, but they are just as expensive and then I would have a longer commute. I’ve never been to Indiana, I will check it out any towns specifically to look in to?
I live in the township outside a small town called Richmond Indiana. We are about 7 miles from the highway exit in the middle of town. I like it here, because even if you were in town, it is quiet and relatively safe when compared to larger cities. The cost of living is probably half of where you are. There is engineering, manufacturing, healthcare and some tech work in this region as well. You could also look at the suburbs around Indianapolis, Cincinnati Ohio, Dayton Ohio etc. Heck, take some little trips around anywhere in the midwest and poke around.