I am soooo in love with your home. I strongly recommend that you rescue this older home with current technology, rather than abandon it to someone that may not care as much as you and rb do.
I remember when you chose this home that it was within a neighborhood that was being renewed with wonderful community entertainment and businesses within walking distance. Consider how far away you must go to purchase land for a new home. Your question concerning environmental action should also consider the costs of an outlying lifestyle. "Suburbia" was created on the promise of cheap oil and a massive road system. Peak oil will make this lifestyle choice impossible to continue in the near future.
Well...like Molly says.
