Olden Towne

The stuff that feels vaguely conservative:

The erasure of indigenous peoples.

The lionization of the American homesteader and the history of American homesteading.

The deference towards the nuclear family as the essential atom of human social organization.

I do not know if there has ever been a single openly queer person (let alone a same-sex couple) in the show's history.

The stuff that feels liberal:

Homesteader femininity is built different (you never see anyone in dresses or skirts or make up, because everyone needs functional clothing so they can engage in the necessary hard labor.)

A massive focus on sustainability

Part of the appeal of living "off-grid" is escaping capitalism (some stuff costs money, but for the most part, there is never any thought put towards profit or transaction. Most of the economic movement in the show is within the realm of the gift economy (i.e. people are helpingnout these homesteaders because they need help, and they'll help out everyone else when they can, because that's what you do).).

International Househunters often (though not always) delivers a heady blend of exoticism and heterofatalism. In nearly every episode, the (often) straight couple will have a wish list with two directly oppositional. This, to me, makes the couple look like they are awful communicators, and yet the show treats it as normal. Like half the episodes have the man coming to the country to work, while the woman gives up her job to be a housewife and stay-at-home mom. In other words, a lot of episodes show women moving to a country where they don't speak the language and don't have a support system outside of their immediate nuclear family. To me, that reads as a bad idea (in part, because it is the reason my parents got divorced). Again, the show never thinks to question the institution of the nuclear family on that level, so it treats it all as normal.