Buying land is not as simple what state.
There is a whole criteria of thing to check for.
This is small list to help get you started.

Property	State
[] Live Water []Water Rights []Enough Acres []Defensible	[] Gun Laws [] Taxes [] Home Schooling Laws []Population Density [] Prisons
County	Environment
[] Sheriff []Building Codes []Jobs []Prisons	[]  Flooding []  Fires []  Volcano []  Snow Fall

Lets not forget about all of the NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

The the further east you go the more trouble your in.

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