[jhynesrockmtn]

Originally Posted by jyl

One thing I need to figure out is how remote from good health care do we want to be, and how ferry-dependent?

The other is, how isolated do we want to be? “We” being my wife and I. We may have different views about that.

Oh, and I just can’t stand humidity. Grew up in New Jersey, spent a good deal of time on the Eastern seaboard from New England to NJ, like a lot of places there but not in the summer.

You can get on/off Whidbey Island via car only and they have a hospital. The San Juan's not so much and the ferry system is getting more expensive and less reliable. You need to be legitimately well off to live in the San Juan's. My sister moved to Lopez Island in the San Juan's many years back and owns a grocery store there. Tech money has taken over since and housing prices have grown astronomically.