This "economies of scale" approach could work for you, too.I would also consider the NW Valley, near where TSMC is building its multi-billion-dollar chip plant.

Still, not knowing where you are going is tough.For military folks, eventually they usually decide on a hub where they want to plant roots (usually when kids are closer to school age) and then the hub stays and the party in the military comes back to the hub.You have the VA benefits and they are great.

Intel is a great example, who is building the largest chip manufacturing plant in the US right here, and it will be a $20 billion dollar investment that brings a few new thousand jobs.https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2022/01/21/intel-ohio-building-computer-chip-factories-licking-county-jersey-township/9173472002/ Another example of economic growth is the upcoming Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital which is a 1.9million square foot hospital that will bring over 800 new beds and a thousand new jobs. https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/new-osu-hospital-expected-to-transform-health-careHere are a few more recent investments https://www.10tv.com/article/money/business/hydrogen-power-company-hyperion-bringing-700-jobs-to-columbus/530-25907aab-5517-4661-a9f3-d2ed2d5be6b0 https://news.wosu.org/news/2022-02-08/rumpke-to-build-50-million-recycling-facility-in-columbus Check out The Complete Guide to the Columbus, Ohio Real Estate Market which goes through the Columbus, Ohio market in depth and will give you a better scope of where the highest levels of growth are taking place and where to look to invest.  

Intel is building $20 billion plant here, Google is building data centers, and Amazon and Meta are buying hundreds of acres of land. 

However, anyone commuting to west Huntsville/Madison/Toyota plant is not going to live in Hazel Green, as it will be a long commute in rush hour. 

Tesla is in the middle of building the Semi truck manufacturing plant.

Great place to buy because of Intel plant $20 billion; Google building 3 data centers; Amazon & Meta buying hundred acres of land!

In the living area, you could now pop a bookcase in that small 'dead' spot to the left of that window or a plant.

The biggest news lately is Intel's $20 billion investment to build chip manufacturing plants in Licking County, which is projected to create thousands of new jobs.

What they allowed us to do was have a lease signed on the property for the 10 acres of corn with the local farmer that planted the corn and after the corn was picked, all farming activities on the property would be stopped and no farming would be allowed to continue.