Yeah, not my thing either. Though the small towns I've been to haven't been that isolated since I have yet to leave the east coast. I've always wanted to visit some small towns out west to see what it's like.
There's actually a few that seem like okay places to live in but they're the really isolated areas filled with hippies. Look up McCall, Idaho on google maps. It's a cool little town. There was a foot of snow there in April when I passed through there to get to Boise so the weather's really cold but in the summer it would be perfect.