Where I live is nice and dark but the rain is driving me bats

... I know its great for things but in our game dark and dry is what you need

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I have seriously thought of moving out West

...it would have to be dry, dark and cheap...but where would you go

..maybe at the end of a rail line one of those towns everyone has left and you can buy a house and a warehouse for $20,000...or less...it need not be a great investment and I expect you could write off what you spent in real terms..so as little in as it takes

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Its wet here I have three wet country dogs bored out of their mind as am I..cant mow the grass and it sits there growing..I don't like playing with gear in the damp.. so any ideas of places where an old fella like me could go out West getting in some dry dark sky and have dry dogs. Up high may be too much too ask I guess.
alex