Mike,
Good to hear from you, again. Are you being transferred or retiring from  the 
service? Many great areas on the NC coast to live, just not many that are  
heavily populated and offer many of the things you found handy in "Mad"  city.
I'm surprised that Ed hasn't invited you to our neck of the woods in SC. We  
try to keep it a secret, but Ed keeps inviting outsiders to come visit. We 
have  a large body of water and no hurricane's to contend with, other than the 
rain  from them from time to time.
 
Rummy.........a cheesehead, formerly from that great  state.