"Dan Truesdell"
After reading this thread, I'm glad I live where I do (CNH). Although
we do have to deal with New England weather, I don't think you can buy a
house for $350K. You'd have to get a house, a bunch of land, and maybe
another small house. As for the airport, fuel is self-serve at $2.45
something, and T-hangar space is $120/month (that's not a typo). I
share a 172 with 4 others. Can't fly for much cheaper than that.

I'm glad I'm where I am too... hopefully most of us are. I'm at 8nc8. No
NE weather but we have summer. Grass but the price is right. $350k put me
on the runway with a home and a 2500' hangar on 3 acres. Only expense is
low property taxes and a nominal homeowners fee. Our private fuel is up to
about $2.35 now and we have JetA (!!). Sometimes we forget how nice it is.

But the cost of flying real estate is all about location. Ironically, life
on an airport offers more mobility and locational independence than any
other kind of living.

Nice thing about our location is that is is a 15 min auto commute to work,
an 18 min cab ride from my ILS at RDU, and truly 1.5 hours to the mountains
(Asheville) or the shore (Ocracoke). Florida and NYC seemed a bit far for
casual travel in our slow plane, at least until 9/11. Now it's a valued
luxury to be able to fly ourselves.