I live on the West side of Washington State. Takes me about 5.5 hours to get to Conconully. I love it there. If I could make a living there we'd move there. But in order to live there you need to already have ample money or a way to make money at home as their unemployment rate is terrible.
Things get better we thought even if we got a 5th wheel or something like that and just parked it over there and build up a solar system over the years be nice to have. So far property taxes are low.