"Heck, you could land in Danbury Ct. and it's a 1/2 hour drive to NYC."

This is incorrect.  Maybe you could fly from Danbury to NYC in half an hour,
but the drive will AT LEAST two to three times that long, assuming you have
no traffic.  A more realistic half hour drive from Danbury is to Westchester
County Airport in White Plains, which is much closer to NYC and has a lot of
GA activity on the field.  Even from there, you're a good 45 minutes to an
hour's drive from Manhattan.  Since Westchester has airline service, you can
probably rent a car there as well.

Skip Slater