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I think that you don't realize how easy it is to move and how easy it is to still enjoy the benefits you describe by coming back for visits. A 6K population gives you absolutely no help with advancing anything significant in your life. It may be heaven on earth, but unless you're already established and can work on the net exclusively, this will be the biggest constraint on you. It will very likely mean that for your entire life you'll compromise on doing something you can rather something you love. My advice: move. Get out of this place as soon as humanly possible, and promise yourself that once you've established a good way to do something you love, you'll come back for visits as often as possible, maybe even once a week or for long stretches of time every now and then. If you become wealthy enough, you may even be able to have a second home there.