Having lived in Ohio for 30 years, its honestly not that bad I dont understand the hate? I've been to most surrounding states and I feel like its better than Indiana, Michigan, and Kentucky. I havent been to Pennsylvania yet though.
Ok I'll just say it, I stan Ohio. Haters gonna hate.
I've been to well over 30 states (it's been a while since I got an official count) and stayed in some for nearly a year
I read somewhere that Ohio is like the US on default and I agree! It has a some of everything. It has lakes, coastline and rivers. Suburbs and cities. Factories, forests, and farms. All four seasons but they aren't known for being extreme. No crazy natural disasters like hurricanes, fires or earthquakes. Even politically we're balanced enough to be a swing state. A flag that's more recognizable than plain blue with a hard to see logo in the center.
Ohio might be mid, but that isn't always a bad thing
I don't know why people act like it's bad to like a certain area. I enjoy it here. If people don't, that's fine. If they want to live somewhere else then I hope they can move to that place.
Whenever someone says state X is better than state Y, they're saying X has things about it that they prefer. Once again this is fine, but there is no objective standard that one state is better than another (just like with countries -- "America is the greatest country in the world" is extremely cringe).