The real difference in value comes from company culture and appropriate use of technology. 

First community I have joined that has such an intense culture of sharing and support.

It seems that the tech hub is growing, my firm has a strong presence there and can potentially open doors and I like the culture base on feedback of friends who moved  in Texas. 

@Matthew Irish-JonesI would say if the market went up 15% over the next year or 2 I would be glad I bought it.

Can't believe Brandon left out Springfield, Queen City of the Ozarks, the cultural center for all mule loving hillbillies !

And San Mateo to Mississippi can be quite a cultural shock. 

What if a family moved in that looked different or had a different religion or cultural belief, would you want to city to ban that too so as to not bring down the neighborhood?

There are a couple of points that are making Spain an interesting market to invest in:- there are still a lot of investment opportunities as investing in real estate is not as popular/exploited as in the US- prices are generally lower than in the US (/or Northern Europe where I am originally from) so the same euro/dollar earned in the US can be put easier to work and more divided into more projects- if you understand investing you will probably beat the competition quite easy because there are a lot of not well-presented properties for sale and for rent- good yields are possible with traditional and especially coliving and tourist rentals- getting financing is easy however for cash-out refinances etc you will need to become a bit more creativeAnd besides the numbers let's not forget the country, culture, food, quality of life and especially the sun (although in LA this wouldn't be something to complain about either ;-)).

Have we become that thin skinned as a culture already ? 

IMO, you will also run into practical issues when property managers will start asking prying questions that are unrelated to tenant behavior but which are based off the PMs biases (social, cultural, economic).