I have been extract brewing for 7 years now. I have been an apartment dweller the whole time as well and moved 4 times. Less equipment is easier (and cheaper) for me. My palate has come a long way since I started brewing extract with specialty grains, and I believe it will grow more once I move to AG. I love brewing beer, and I brew the beer I can, when I can, with what I can. At 27, with a young family, spending a few hundred dollars to move to all grain is not in the picture. Additionally, the time needed, especially until I get the technique down, is not something I will be able to spare currently for AG. I do not know any local home brewers, but I get good markets from a few friends I have turned into 'beer snobs'. The most important thing with home brewing in my simple opinion is that you love the beer you make, and I love the beer I make. I get to brew the beer I want to drink, when I want to drink it, for far less than it cost in the store (if it was not for home brewing, I would be drinking only cheap, generic beer, which cost more than the beer I make anyway.) Some people may disagree, but home brewing is home brewing, and as long as you make beers you love, you have embraced the hobby correctly. You can brew plenty of unique beers with extract (my favorite, which I have never seen in a store is a Chamomile Ale based off the recipe in 'Extreme Brewing' by Sam, owner of DFH) Some others I have made are a 10% ABV honeywiezen, ginger mead, and smoked porter along with some of the more commonly seen, hefewiezen, American wheat, dunklewizen, blond ale, IPA, ect. If you get creative, you can brew almost any beer you want with extract and a little specialty grain. One day I will move to AG and maybe I will feel different, but for now, I will brew extract and love every minute of it!