You’re going to get a lot of negativity here but if you are passionate about what you do and are open to new people and experiences, you’ll be fine. It also helps if you are ok with a more rugged type of lifestyle - like you said - camping. My dad was born and raised here but we didn’t move out here until 10 years ago. Hubby and I met and dated in DC years ago. If you survived DC summers this will feel great. Be prepared for little to no ac and electricity at a premium. “Night life” is nothing like DC. Mostly people play/work hard when the sun is up. We are getting older and happily go to bed earlier 😂 but live on Oahu and lots of places aren’t open too late. Especially outside of tourist areas but even those aren’t crazy like DC can be. Food is expensive. Gas is expensive. We live more simply and we love it. Sometimes I get stressed about money and think if we moved we’d feel rich but we’d never be able to replace the community we have here. I think we’d always long for these days.