I can't think of any place in country, if BJ really wants to stay in the country! Hawaii seems like a cool place. I heard summertime Alaska is beautiful, but I wouldn't go there myself to live.

I haven't really SEEN the Recession take much of a toll in New York so far, to be honest, but for a temporary job, the costs of living are far too hig if you want to live in Manhattan, which is the only adventure worthy place in the state. I'm sure it's the same/similar in California, which is why you're not adventuring in other parts of the state.

Manhattan is really a good place for adventure, if you're looking to go there, but to be honest, if I were in your shoes, I'd actually recommend Norway on top of everywhere else.

It sounds too cold even for ME, and I'm the girl who sweats buckets and whines in any weather over 75 degrees, but Norway is one of the only countries in the world currently where they're in an economic surplus, as opposed to a decline, or so I read in the paper. And we know how all of the Scandinavian members here can speak English and 8 other languages! It wouldn't be bad! Besides, computers are international, so BJ could get a computer job ANYWHERE.