You've all touched on the 'raising kids' and social interaction component. Something I originally wrote into both my previous posts but took out. I could write chapters on my thoughts and meditations of raising my kids in a suburbia setting versus a more rural one...and contradict myself several times. Plus as Nursemike mentioned, its always a good idea to be near top tier medical facilities, especially important with some issues with my DS and taken into account. This is why we are looking to be within an hour of where we live right now.

I have not looked deep into wind power, but many of you are mentioning it. I suppose I have been brainwashed into believing the cost over weighed the benefit. I'll include average daily wind speeds into my land matrix and do some more research on it.