Did you know that, when the rail roads were built that there were hundreds of railway towns built. Many of which have high-speed internet (backbones laid in trans-continental railway easements in the 90's) and affordable homes. And, get this, have access to The Railway to ship goods to and from town. I feel like this is completely untapped potential in America today.
Also, did you know that, the population growth of every city in the world was negative until the 20th century (meaning people would die faster in the cities than the rate they were being born). America has only been an "Urban" collection of nations since the 1920's, meaning we are only now re-discovering how awful cities really are. We definitely should spread---out.
California is probably the most populous state of the usa, so young men have been going west for a long while now.