[Charles Martel]

Location, location, location. A nice little ocean front property on a planet with oxygen, water and moderate tempratures, near, but not too near, a yellow star is going to be worth a lot more than undeveloped space trapped in a time warp near a black hole in some God foresaken corner of a remote galaxy cluster. Especially if the proptery has access to a reliable airport and a stable government.

So true. That's why when Betelgeuse goes supernova, it'll be no great loss. That neck of the galactic woods already looks like Detroit - or Gary, Indiana.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I’d like to live on a planet orbiting the binary star Alcyone A, from a distance of about 10 AU, with two white dwarfs and a yellow sun orbiting outside of us and have an inside view of the Pleiades. Tides and seasons would be wild! The sky would be alive, both day and night.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Named for Elbert Gary, of judiciary fame.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ILt3wNTZ7Q