It has a growing population, growing jobs and a diverse, modern economy making it ideal for long term buy and hold.

I'm going to suggest that because there are so many different ways to invest, along with so many different motivations/expectations of the individual players, that the diversity clouds people's mind away from what it is that makes it possible to invest in real estate in the first place, for all investors...drum roll...Property rights.

Environmental diversity is outstanding, ocean, mountains, desert all are in the county. 

There are several large companies in Akron with diverse jobs- Goodyear, several hospitals, FirstEnergy headquarters.

In this case I would suggest putting the money into a traditional 401k plan (you are already in a very high tax bracket so deferring this tax couldn't hurt anyway) and if you do end up making even better money later on you can start thinking about a roth conversion ladder which is a system in which you slowly transfer your money from a traditional plan, into a roth plan and can pull that money out with no penalties prior to age 65 so long as you start your ladder at least 5 years prior to when you start to withdraw the money.Others have mentioned diversity, and the fact that stocks are very hands off way of investing which means 0 time taken away from your future fishing trips. 

The economics of cryptos are not viable on a large scale within the global commerce ecosystem we have built and it's just another Tulipmania-esque manic episode in market history.

Wow what a great post and diverse discussion we have going on.

Hi @Mike Wrenn - Thanks for the note; however, it seems like a diversion to me.

@Andrew Postell  has some great tips to get more information specific to your market since dynamics are very diverse across the country.   

That’s enough to make a diverse economy with multiple industries, and have multiple options as far as building my team.