How did everyone end up where there at?

I live out in the middle of nowhere in New Brunswick, Canada. This is a depressed province much like Maine in the U.S. I built our house 14 years ago on 2 acres of land I had. It is a 2700 sq. ft. house with attached garage and I have since added another 20x30 garage at the back of the property for my Demon. I built it for $104,000 and could probably get around $325,000 for it now. I have been told that if the same house was sitting on Long Island it would go for anywhere between 1 and 2 million. Location, location, location. We like it here, it's very quiet most of the time. My wife is liking the winters less and less though. LOL We have travelled all over the world and one spot we really liked was New Hampshire. Kind of like home but closer to the big cities.

Jack