Dear Moonchild--
PLEASE please please come to Connecticut. We'd Be Neighbors. New York Boston Hartford and Worcester are all an easy commute by car, rail, or air...you can even use a ferry to get to NYC. We're close to the ocean. There are four terrific seasons (summers cooler than inland, winters warmer). There are lots of musical venues (casinos, restaurants, clubs, folk coffeehouses) hence lots of musicians jamming in the off hours. Of course, some say we're a bunch of "dam Yankees" and they may be right. There's still some affordable land and housing in the state, though that is getting harder and harder to come by.
V