The current adherents of "philanthrocapitalism" have brought this to almost an art form.I'm far from a philosopher and so my own thinking on the topic is scattered and inconsistent. 

And municipal "code" may drive folks to store their goods offsite versus having them scattered around the house.  

If you’re scattered it’s harder to get good at what you do.

If you are going to buy and hold for long term rentals then you are fine in Parkersburg and other small cities/towns scattered throughout that entire region.Rural housing markets are definitely buyers markets with hundreds of homes sitting on the market.

Please note that there is plenty of opportunity out there and if you try to do it all, you may very well end up scattered & eventually burned out.There's an awesome book/philosophy out there called Essentialism: The disciplined pursuit of less (versus the undisciplined pursuit of more) by Greg McKeown.I personally only invest in Self Storage. 

If you hunt around BP, you'll get some scattered education.

Sorry if the below sounds like a rant but this is starting to drive me bananas.I've been looking to set up some asset protection as I have 11 buy/hold residential rental properties that are scattered across 3 states, as well as a flipping operation in Maryland.

So what this shows you is zillow's data scatter can be significant, and don't assume it is up to date whatsoever.  

They're big and spectacular, but it's not like classic little city roaches where you see 100 scatter when you turn on the light, I eliminated those when we bought 20 years ago. 

The 1st ring north suburbs have C-class scattered in.