I feel your pain Roadie. While I live in an area where there are a million stores around, being tall requires me to order most of my pants on line. For some reason, many stores that do carry talls, only carry them up to a size 12 or 14. (I am usually a 16T). So I am constantly ordering on line and returning because the "Blakely" or "Modern" or whatever cut is all wrong for me. Oy.
Good luck with your shopping. It's such a pain