There are plenty of events in Philly, New York, and Jersey that are easily accessible if you have a car. I know when I took a gray hound to your area, it was only a 3 hour ride. So driving can't be too bad.
And yea, the FOW dredge deck is pretty decent. It at least made top 8 in the last 3 events in the area. And it won twice.
I'm a grad student. I don't really have time to drive 3 hours <__< I'm probably not even driving more than 1 hour for even ptqs, and I'm not a serious vintage player by any stretch of the imagination. "in my area" would be <= 1 hour distance.