500 miles?...bloody hell!
Where I am from (Slovenia), such a radius (air line, though) covers a "handfull" of countries: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Italy, San Marino, Vatican, France and Belgium...and Luxemburg...and Lichtenstein...and Monaco. And the Republic of Belarus.
Yep, everything is bigger in Texas...eeehm, Minnesota; even the turntables.
Nice work on the fridge BTW, looks great!
EDIT: ...and Switzerland; slipped my mind, probably because I don't have enough Revox gear yet.