I'm looking at it the same way, as long as things are good up there, I'm happy. Great thing about living in New England, if it sucks where you are, go north.
A friend of mine owns 7 acres with about 5 acres of it swampy. Every now and then the beavers dam up the creek running into the swamp and the water level almost reaches his house. You just can't shoot a beaver in his town, so he had to get a special permit to shoot or trap the beavers before his house was under water.