I am the Kat that Walks By Itself

Sadly, Canada and UK have terrible weather when it comes to optical telescopes.  NZ and AU have great weather, but a dearth of large optical telescopes.  I think South Africa is the furthest south that has large opticals, and I would definitely not want to live there!  Peru has an excellent collection of observatories because of its elevation and equatorial siting.  Problem with Peru is it's not exactly first-world when it comes to medical care, and I need that for my immune disorder.  There's talk that the border agents have sticky fingers when it comes to expensive meds crossing borders, and mine are definitely costly.  My prev supplier billed my insurance company over $1M US in a calendar year for my meds: they didn't get paid nearly that amount, but it shows you how expensive antibody meds are. It's sad when politicians don't realize how much investing in science returns.  The payback that we spent in NASA and the space program was HUGE!