I mean yes....but Scranton has made one of those safest cities in the US lists....I think like top 100

I know this was a joke but it is actually interesting...supposedly Scranton was the first city in the US (or maybe PA) with electric street lights.

Scranton is a dot of blue surrounded by red....but overall the area is fairly moderate with a few crazies.

Seriously consider Scranton, PA. I live here and most houses go for well under your budget. You get all the seasons, are surrounded by state forest, and multi gigabit internet is available (thru Comcast unfortunately but other ISP's are moving in soon). Also it's in a county that remained blue during PA's 2016 turn to red.