“Ohio seems to meet your specifics and may be a better fit for you.”
Ohio, on paper, is a great place. Astronauts are made in OH and that is my goal for my daughter. My problem is that everytime I go to Ohio (Which is pretty often actually) I have been attacked, assaulted, hit, scammed, robbed or carjacked (Attempted).
Everytime I go into Ohio it’s a new tale of misery and assault. There are parts of it that are nice though. In pictures. When I go to these parts I have someone dropping cinder blocks off an overpass onto me, people trying to steal my wallet or smash out my windows. I even got robbed by a toll booth attendant out there once.
Alaska, you’ll get the permanent fund for every one of you,Anchorage is great as is Wasilla where I lived for 16 years, met Palin when she was running for the school board, Nice lady.
You might take a look at the Kentucky side of the river opposite Cincinnati. Back in the day, It used to be the ‘sin city’ of Cincinnati, but the lower taxes have caused a lot of business to relocate there and have access to the Cincinnati hub. the airport is in Kentucky (Covington). Right across the river has gotten pretty urban, but you don’t have to go too far to be in the country.