Pretty and cheaper than land here but how many snakes per acre?
I attended university nearby, and just don’t recall seeing all that many snakes, even during summers when I worked as a whitewater rafting guide on the Nantahala River.
The climate there is unusual for the east coast, a “thermal belt” with very mild temperate weather unless you’re well up the mountain, in which case you can find near alpine species and get a pretty decent annual snowfall. This makes the creeks, rivers and lakes cold, even though the climate is moderate in the valleys and hollers, warm instead of hot summers, mild winters with light snowfall.
Maybe that has something to do with it.
Snakes are a good source of protein.