I've lived in Nevada for 2 years and still haven't been. Not really sure I want to. 7 hours to Vegas or 3 to San Francisco. If the drives were reversed I'd still rather visit San Francisco. Coldest winter was a summer in San Fran and all that.
Use your housing savings to travel elsewhere. Honestly Iowa is a much better place to retire than raise a family. Raise a family in Naperville or somewhere where kids have real opportunity, then when they graduate find a small house in some Iowa exurb that's a short drive to the airport or Amtrak.
Don't you get it? It doesn't matter what Trump says or does. If you have negative perceptions of Trump, that means Trump is in control of your mind. PapaGanoush is in 100% control of his own mind (which I would personally deny if I were him).
Christians are largely lousy, boring bigots. Regardless of whatever beliefs they outwardly profess but ignore in their own lives. Especially true of Protestants in my experience. Very nosy and hypocritical.