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Most people are trying to move in the opposite direction. With that being said, here's a few interesting things about Ohio:

  1. Vehicle safety inspections are not required
  2. It's very flat, but their flag is the only non-rectangular state flag
  3. Due to an oversight (congress never voted -- oops!), Ohio was not officially admitted to the union until 1953.

If you want stuff to do within a reasonable distance you might want to look at the eastern side, near Pittsburgh.

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I'm not sure what #1 means. Can you expand on it? I don't recall ever putting a car through something like that.

Some states do an annual safety inspection of vehicles - it's usually more or less "do your turn signals, brakes, and head lights work". Nowadays some states also need to do an emissions check. Some states require it every other year, some states I guess don't really require it at all?

I had to do an "inspection" when I moved to AZ and first registered my car. I dreaded what they might find since it was kind of a heap of junk. The inspection consisted of making sure the VIN matched up on the various locations on the car.

I did that too when buying a car out of state and bringing it to Kansas, but I don't think it was even called a _safety_ inspection. And definitely not an emissions inspection either. :)

IDK how many states don't require it, but Indiana, just to the west of Ohio, does not require safety inspections for personal vehicles. A few counties near Chicago do emissions testing I think.

Many states require an annual vehicle safety inspection, often accompanied by an emissions test.

In Pennsylvania, I have to have my car tested each year. They make sure that tire tread depth, remaining brake pads, exterior lamps, and windshield wipers are all functional / within tolerance. There's other stuff that you can be failed for, such as excessive rust, etc.

That's one other thing to know about Ohio. Your car will rust. It's a cancer that will slowly eat your car, even if you do an undercarriage wash.

Not sure I'd suggest eastern Ohio, that's rural Appalachia, I would not recommend for interesting things.

I was more suggesting that you leave Ohio to do interesting things in the Pittsburgh area.

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