I live in a <1k town. Drama only finds you if you go look for it. I live on my own and nobody bothers me. Closest corporate chain store is 100 miles away.
Used a butcherblock top from Lowes and some drawers from Amazon to assemble my computer desk. Planning on more projects in the future. It's not bad if you're going for a the farmhouse/rustic...
Glad I live in an area that sees some of the biggest temperature differences (-50 winter, 90 summer) in the country. Generators, wood stoves, and freezers full of moose and salmon are standard here.
I love my Index, but for the $ and the fact that you might not be an "enthusiast", I'd probably go with a Rift S or a Quest. Warning that it makes you Facebook's betch, so you'll need an account.
My guess is that it won't be anywhere near as convenient ("fun") or slick as Android or Apple, but go for it if free software and privacy is important to you. From what I've heard, Apple is slightly...