We sold our farm in NW Arkansas last year due to a job change for my wife. It brought over 3K an acre but was near Eureka Springs and also had 1/2 mile of the Kings River running through it.
We moved here (biggest PITA ever) and bought 140 acres of improved pasture with scattered timber, another 20 plus acres of woods, 6 ponds (most all spring fed), 2 wet weather creeks, decent 2 bedroom home with basement, hay barn, barn, 2 pole barns, 2 other nice sheds, fenced and cross fenced all into 9 seperate pastures for 155K. It's 1.5 miles off the pavement and about 13 miles to the nearest town of about 3K.
Affordable land is out there but it's usually a long way from a city of any size and employement is tough to come by. My wife is a physician so she can go most anywhere and find work. If not for her job I would not be able to do what I'm doing.
J