I friend once bought an entire town in North Dakota for $5,000. It was the last stop of a long abandoned railroad. It was 50 miles from the Canadian border. One of the things North Dakota has which we dont have is space. And they are trying to monetize that space by making North Dakota very drone friendly. Read on in todays NYTimes article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/26/technology/a-silicon-valley-for-drones-in-north-dakota.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news