Newbie starting with a house hack? Where would you go?

[Abi Horton]

HI,

I am currently living in Long Island, NY (and I hate it here). I was going to buy a condo in Miami (I used to live there and would love to move back) but since realized its just not a good investment move to buy a condo in Miami and cant afford to buy something that would give me some kind of return). So now I think it will be smart to buy a multifamily somewhere and would like to house hack and rent the other unit(s) as MTR, so I am considering somewhere near a hospital and have seen OH come up as potentially a good area for cash flow so have looked at Cincinnati and Cleveland. I can afford around $200-250k. My question is, if you were starting from scratch and could go anywhere, where would it be?

Appreciate any advice! :)