I wonder if the Gulch would really benefit you at this point. You are already feeding off the state. Its unlikely you will run afoul of the government edicts for the rest of your life on earth. Might as well enjoy it right where you are.

The question becomes immaterial once you realize the premise of the Gulch. According to that premise, the government is going to collapse. Social Security will, when that happens, disappear--if it doesn't disappear sooner. And in fact, Ragnar Danneskjöld, or his counterparts, would be out there trying to get your money back for you in his unique way.

I wouldn't worry, then, about drawing Social Security as a disqualifier. And it sounds as though you would have a job waiting for you: as groundskeeper for Midas Mulligan and many of his earliest tenants. Including John Galt, Ragnar Danneskjöld, and perhaps even Francisco d'Anconia, if he didn't already hire one of his Old Family Retainers to take care of his property while he was out spying on the Outside and trying to recruit Hank Rearden. Plus, you could fish in the Uncompahgre River, maybe even enough to have extra fish to sell at Hammond's General Store. And who wouldn't want your cabinet-making services?

I think you'd fit in just fine.