I didn't want to run a full fledged office with people, and payroll, and phone lines, and internet access and subscriptions to technology platforms.

From an actual design/development standpoint, again, I'm not smart enough to have any original ideas, but I've read that it's probably not going to lead to anything revolutionary anytime soon, just because the technology is so far behind the science (the fact that they found evidence of the particle at CERN was a one-in-a-million shot, and it may be a long time before they can do it again).

Since I know that I'm on the right mountain I spend most of time focused on putting one foot in front of the other and having the right team, gear/tools (technology), systems to most efficiently and effectively climb.

It's 30 minutes away and technology allows me to manage it on my own easily, but I don't want to be bothered.

I use flipping both as a hobby and as a way to generate cash for my other, longer-term investments (mostly technology incubation).That may change in the future, of course...especially if I ever get good at this real estate stuff...

Instead they look at each technology from the viewpoint of "will this put people out of work or in some way harm our society?"

Technology, energy, tourism, and healthcare run that economy. 

The rest of the day included presentations by a group of distressed note sellers, with specific recommendations on strategies and their intermediate outlook for this market, as well as presentations on the use of technology in lending, legal structures and asset protection, Dodd-Frank/CFPB, and alternative financing.

I don't know about dish technology evolution much, but at least up until recently, line of site has been important for dishes, so I would recommend meeting with the installer to determine where the post should/can go as it is site specific (or at least it used to be).

I fully agree that those cities - towns listed by Vicram C are worth considering as that's where people are moving which is mostly the sun belt and high technology places like some cities in Oregon state or California.