I'm not sure how I missed this, but it's a very interesting thread. I live in one of the first totally planned communities built after WWII, Here's a history . I'm about 20 miles upriver from Philadelphia, with its rich Continental history, Independence Hall, The Liberty Bell, and the new Constitution Center. I'm 5 miles from Trenton, N.J. which shares alot of that history. I'm about 30 miles from Holly's old stomping grounds of the Flemington, NJ area. I like the fact that I can drive an hour and be sitting on the beach, or be on some of the finest trout streams this side of the Mississippi. Drive an hour and a half and I can be in New York City. It's a very congested area, but I like to call it home.