You ever just want to buy something like this and try to make a go of it

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10. I know a little something about that county, the southern half, anyway.

I would advise you to go on up there, stay in the Starlight Motel on Rte One just past the State Police Barracks, and go see the realtors in town. I'd recommend Mooers, he's chatty, informative and he has better listings than the competition.

It's a buyer's market up that way, for land, houses and farms.

The people are wonderful. Not real talkative at first, but once they get to know you they are as nice as can be. Hard to find a bad meal, too--plain food, by that I mean not "haute cuisine" but the kind of stuff your great grandma used to make. Rib-sticking, tasty and good. Lots of lakes nearby for summer swimming, etc.

You need to realize that they DO have winter up that way. You can either deal with it or snowbird it, but it's for real. "It's a dry cold"--at least to my mind, so it's not as brutal as the real humid snow. Great skiing up at Mars Hill. Cheap, too. They have a brief blackfly season; it passes soon enough!

Easy to hop over the border to Canada, too but you now need a passport or a passport card. You can make a little money go a long way; great for a pensioner. You can get reduced taxes if you homestead.