Born and raised in Glasgow. I moved to Bowling Green for college, then north of Lexington for a short stint in a sales position before getting married and moving... Back to Glasgow. Cost of living here is AWESOME compared to most other places in the US, especially big metro areas and their suburbs. If you want a backwoods, no neighbors, "Lucky if there's a Wal-Mart & McDonalds" type place, any of the area you've mentioned is fine. Coming from the WV/NC direction (in order) Somerset, Columbia, Glasgow, and Bowling Green are the only places that I would consider "Cities" - everything else and in between is rural and farmland with small pockets of bank/shopping/post-office type stuff scattered in. The entire stretch of Cumberland Parkway is "God's Country" and the people are friendly - it's just a matter of deciding how close to 'city living' and the things that has to offer, you want to be.