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Please don't take HN threads into regional flamewar, regardless of which region you have a problem with. It's tedious, offtopic, and particularly avoidable. Comments like yours triggered a hellish flamewar elsewhere in this thread—exactly what we don't want here.

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Ohio is the 7th largest state by population and 10th in population density. It's also continuing to grow in population, especially around Columbus, unlike some other Rust Belt states. Whether they "want to" or not, LOTS of people live in Ohio and Columbus is arguably it's most vibrant city thanks to being the capital and home of its flagship university.

I'm a UMich grad, so am not allowed to live in Ohio, but I can see its appeal for some.

> I'm a UMich grad, so am not allowed to live in Ohio, but I can see its appeal for some.

You'll get looks if people know you're an alum from that school up north, but you should be OK.

Beat Michigan!

For those not in the know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan%E2%80%93Ohio_State_fo...

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Careful, I think your biases are showing. To assert that nobody wants to live in Ohio is an incredibly myopic worldview. I can think of loads of people that would love to work in tech without the big city living, or the high prices that come with it.

I don't know where you get the idea "anyone in tech desperately tries to leave." I'm on the East Coast currently, but I'd love to move to Ohio. Cost of Living / Work-Life Integration is pretty compelling from several friends I've had who have moved to the Columbus area from Cali in the past 3-4 years for senior tech positions.

When 150k achieves a 400k lifestyle from Cali...and you start having a family..it's hard to not to at least pronder the idea.

This will be good for the midwest, for intel, and for the United States.

This is a bit of a weird take to me. I don't know anything about Ohio (maybe it's a shit hole) but large investment will raise the living standards. California is beautiful, diverse and whatnot, but it's not like there is something in the air that makes it that way. The influx of people and capital is what makes it special. Same for NY and most higher density areas.

There are definitely downsides to Ohio - namely, political- and weather-related. However, Columbus is a pretty big tech city with a lot of startups, VC money flowing, and a student pipeline from OSU.

Growing up in Michigan and moving to Chicago (12 years), I sort of felt the same. Recently visited Cincinnati though and it was kind of amazing. Little town in a "valley", Nice river front, people and shops were nice. Good downtown feeling. Would def consider it a low cost of living place on my radar now.

For a single person yes but if you have family Ohio is a nice place to live. That's why Dave Chappelle's decided to live out there.

Dave Chappelle lives on a 60 acre farm... that's a nice place to live in any state

I'm guessing you've never been to Columbus and have little idea on what it's like there.

Plenty of people go to top schools in that part of the country for their PhD. If they're willing to spend 5-7 years doing that, I can see them willing to work there.

Also, if people moved to the middle of nowhere in New York to work for GF, or Burlington, VT - I think they'll be OK with Columbus.

I was born and partially raised in Columbus and Ohio in general. I defintiely left for the coast as soon as I could get a job that allowed it. So there's at least certain people they're describing the motivations of correctly.

That said, there are many who are happy to live there. I do wonder how many young and truly brilliant engineers are on that list, but maybe their presence won't be required on site? It's not an exciting place to be young and dynamic when compared to the big cities on the coasts.

The quality of life though, especially for someone raising a family and looking to build their nest egg, is great. Fresh air, relatively low crime, nice large yards and people with good Midwestern family values (might not be the "values" someone from San Fransisco would prioritize though).

You might be underestimating the number of people who would return to the workforce for jobs like this.

Dayton Hamfest.

I didn’t expect to see this particular comment, but I’m glad I did.

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