Due in part to the unofficial Free City Project there, Manchester is usually pretty full with activists. You are welcome to stay at my house in Seabrook as long as you want. The weather is much nicer and the house is still somewhat empty.
The two big job markets areas are Manch and the seacoast, and I'm starting to sea the coast as a better area to do business--more visitors, less crime, lower taxes in Seabrook, etc... You might consider getting some kind of business going before you finally retire, as they usually take a couple of years before they're profitable. There are plenty of trustworthy porcupines who are willing to run things while you're away at sea making the "big bucks," as the trust factor is much higher than the general population.
We're also in need of more fsp businesses, at the moment.
BTW, AMO is actually a "union" or prof. assoc. It really sucks, though.