a) The fear of losing steady, quality internet access would be enough to keep me home

b) You're probably very much right about that. There are some things I probably won't realize I appreciate so much until it's gone. Hell, listening to kleinbl00 talk about the poor beer situation in the Pacific Northwest is enough alone to make me feel sorry for him. God. What if I move somewhere where the only option for beer is Tsing Tao? I mean, if that's the case, I'll have to learn to like sake. ::shudders::

3) You are very much right. There are some places I don't mind visiting, but I could never see myself living there willingly. Though, at the same time, there are places where I think I would love to live, but I wouldn't see any reason to visit there for any length of time.

You have to fill in yet another damn form at the municipal office?

Is that something you have to do often? What's so important that they make you fill out form after form. Not saying that this is or isn't the case for you, but since we're talking about forms, I've heard in some countries, like Southeast Asia again, bribes are often considered a bureaucratic lynch pin. I honestly don't know if that's something I could see myself doing.