billclo,
Moving is not an option for me at the moment. I just ended 28 years of mortgage paying. Not looking forward to starting that up again. My job keeps me in NY and at my age, 54, it is not easy finding good jobs that pay what I am now making. Besides, I don't fit into any "priority hiring proflies". When I was laid off in 1998 it took nine months before I was able to find a decent job.
Acre for acre, New York state in one of the most beautiful states in the nation. It's just that tiny little area in the southeast corner that exercises way too much control over the rest of the state. But this is a discussion for the hometown section.
I like restoring old mags and old rifles. I have even experimented with some of those steel 20 round mags that everyone loves to hate.