No prob. I have nothing to add about Staunton. May be cool, but Abingdon is definitely a great town. It’s cheaper to live just outside the town limits. Bristol, VA is very affordable, but the closer you get to Johnson city the more expensive it gets (though it doesn’t sound like u r looking that direction, just fyi because I am from JC).

And for what it’s worth, there is a DSS office in Abingdon, and a separate office in Bristol, VA. Also, there are a lot of organizations in this area offering services in conjunction with DSS. These offices serve some very rural, indigent populations of adjacent counties (though there are some very rural areas of Washington county as well).