I live in one of the cities on that list. It is definitely a thing. People can move here and pay cash for homes, after selling their homes in an extremely high COL area.

But this city isn’t a red city by any means. It’s just another blue city in a red state. Which a lot of the ones on that list are.

Myrtle Beach is on that list. People are moving there for the meth and racism.

Forgot to add, these cities are hot moving target cause housing is cheap. They are popular with the wealthy leaving cities and moving to lower CoL areas. It’s not cause they are safe or have jobs. They are affordable compared to bigger cities.