Buffalo

Buffalo sits where Eighteenmile Creek meets the Kanawha, which is a respectable amount of water for a town this size. The chemical complexes downriver pay the mortgages here, and the high school football schedule organizes the social calendar more reliably than any app will. Putnam County keeps Charleston a reasonable commute, which matters if you want a dating pool that exceeds the people you already went to school with. The pitch is unfussy: river views, low rent, neighbors who notice your truck in an unfamiliar driveway. Treat that last part as feature or bug according to taste, but do not pretend it is not there.