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like the Valley gets. It snows a bit, but not that often/much. My ex-wife's family has a vacation house there, and they love it.
Another cool place with similar credentials to what you're looking for is the Sonora/Groveland area in California. Though that still has CA taxes, maybe not what you're looking for.
But my fam has had a house up there at Pine Mountain Lake (Groveland) for just over 30 years. 45 min drive to the gate at Yosemite. It's pretty killer up there. A bit right-leaning but not horrible.
PML is worth checking out at least, huge gated community, quiet, very rustic, no fences allowed, lots of wildlife, and National Forest land about. Groveland has a great grocery store, and the little, historic downtown is very cute 
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