Both of you (Tom and David) strike me as interesting, smart docs. I miss your regular contributions, David, and Tom, will miss yours as well when you retire.
I know something of Bennington, a little about Astoria, and only tourist info (and what David has posted) about Saipan and Alaska. All three strike me as wonderful places to live, each with its own natural beauty and other benefits.
Docs tend to be a conservative lot when it comes to life choices. Most stay in places they know. That often translates to urban or suburban living (so cities tend to have too many docs, and rural areas too few). The groups coming out of training in recent years are afraid of small, self-employed practices.
Sadly, all of this means that each of you may have fantastic practices in wonderful places, but will have a hard time recruiting.
Also keep in mind that this site has a regular readership of less than 50 docs (maybe well less than 50, despite Bert's best efforts) and so it is really no surprise that postings here don't produce many leads...
Best of luck to all three of you.
