I am glad I do not live in Ohio.  Being a swing state makes for a lot of political ads
I grew in Michigan it's required for me not to like Ohio. Even though it's located in the great lakes region.
laugh!  Yes though the Great lakes looks like a nice place to live
The summers were great. We lived right on Lake Michigan. The winters were terrible. We actually called the Laurentian Great Lakes
Yes the winters do sound horrible up there.  I could not deal with all of the snow up there
Winter lasted 6-7 months even in the Lower Peninsula of the Mitten.
Ouch!  That is how long summer lasts down here!
We are planning to Movie to Florida later this year. I want endless summer.  I think down around Columbus which is the capital of ohio winter last about 5 months. 
Just remember Florida is boiling hot and humid!
was the 17th state admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803, and the first under the Northwest Ordinance. Ohio is historically known as the "Buckeye State" after its Ohio buckeye trees, and Ohioans are also known as "Buckeyes".
Ohio rose from the wilderness of Ohio Country west of Appalachia in colonial times through the Northwest Indian Wars as part of the Northwest Territory in the early frontier, to become the first non-colonial "free" state admitted to the union, to an industrial powerhouse in
wrote the song. She revealed that the song's lyrical content had also made it hard for her to perform it live, saying "It's not even the sad parts of it because I'm not there. I'm not in that place anymore, like where I'm sad about it. I'm in a very forgiving place about it and everybody's human. But I think I get really choked up because I just realize how lucky I am... And a lot of girls that grew up with their daddy issues