I'm in the S.F. Bay Area and I don't think there are nearly as many opportunities to find tools in a similar venue. But even if there are I'm probably better off not finding out about them; my wife and I have a long-running disagreement regarding how many tools are enough.
That makes me feel lucky, my wife seldom objects to my tool purchases. All it took was turning a nice profit on selling a few tools.
The other way she was convinced was by making things for the house and mentioning how a recently bought tool made it so much easier to make.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)