I happened to see a decent house with 2 car garage in Desert Hot Springs that started this. There were sand dunes right out the back door, which I thought was cool. Is it really crowded everywhere out there, or is it just around the major cities? Population density is around 800 people per sq mile around here, I'd like to go somewhere closer to half that, or less. I'm about an hour outside of Boston right now and from what I can see the cost of living isn't to much different here to there. Not to worried about pot laws, they haven't stopped me yet, lol. How far north can you go before it gets shitty, regularly, in winters? I'm thinking the Fresno to Sacramento area is where I should be looking. I can't find much on jobs markets out there. Where's the military bases? That's usually where there is good manufacturing industry.
I'm gonna start a thread for this.