Tell me how Grand Gulf nuclear power station makes Port Gibson MS a nice place to live (my dad took a 1.5 hour commute to live in Vicksburg instead)? Honestly, the nicest place we ever lived was the Tri cities when my dad worked at Hanford.
Ah, but then stil disagree. These places would be bad with or without the plants, it’s just a matter of more or less jobs. The plants themselves don’t pollute like coal plants do, and are on large park-like plots of land.
Hanford is unique because it was a DOE site, and..well, it’s all scrub out there (but now they have vineyards and wine), which I just find more appealing.
I think you have it around the wrong way. The plant is what makes the place undesirable. Isolated and uninhabited is quite appealing.