.-  In addition, the travel and tourism industry in the US accounts for about $1.5T in GDP and nearly 8M jobs. 

Lake Erie is a huge resource and the both the Cleveland Clinic and (case western) university hospitals are world class medical facilities.

., were here pumping money in the local economy while the beach tourism was non existent during the spill & clean up. 

Hi @JP K.Scottsdale is great area for short term rentals due to the strong tourism of the area.

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Other than the Marine Base that was previously mentioned, the tourism industry and retirement community is continuing to grow.

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.

Guys from Belarus, Ukraine, El Salvador, Ireland, Mexico etc.Materials in pickup trucks, igloo coolers for lunch, Porta potty for facilities.

I want to be able to travel, inbed myself in some foreign cultures... a deeper look than tourism. 

If people want to live in big states with flat lands and no tourism, limited career options and extreme weather, more power to them.