I recommend Alabama. We got something for everyone. The medical industry is huge in Birmingham. You got your army and aerospace jobs in Huntsville. Pharmaceutical plants going up in Birmingham and Huntsville. Aircraft, both airforce and army choppers in Montgomery and Mobile. Automotive manufacturing scattered through out the state. Shipping and other forms of boat work, manufacturing, and repair in Mobile. And let us not forget the iron and steel industries in Birmingham. Plus as long as you stay to the outskirts of the big cities real estate is cheap. With the exception of the suburbs directly south of Birmingham. Which are expensive as all hell, and hopefully I will be out of them soon. Plus you have hunting fishing and all the other benefits of the outdoors. Lastly the biggest plus in my opinion, an 1/8 inch of snow shuts the entire city down. Unless your one of those nutters from North east Alabama that lives on a mountain.