tinyE: Well I grew up in Missouri, so I feel a kinship with Ohio. :P
Now I live in Michigan and it's MUCH MORE laid back!
Dude don't get me wrong...as a t-shirt I saw once proudly proclaim "I ain't afraid o' no COAST!" I love the midwest, I love being Ohio-born, I have been on both coasts for extended periods of time and while I enjoy visiting, I'd FUCKING HATE living there, to er, butcher a phrase.
This is a story I love to tell...friend of mine I met while living in Milwaukee was visiting Hawaii on a blowout family vacation. So he meets this girl on the beach, and she says she's from Cali and asks where he's from. He proudly replies Milwaukee Wisconsin, born and raised, etc. So she apparently gives him this funny look and then says "What do you do for fun? Like, bowling and getting drunk?" And my buddy Nick says "Hav e you ever gone bowling?" "Well...yeah." "Have you ever gotten drunk?" "Yeah." "IT'S FUCKING AWESOME!" Girl just shakes her head.
Midwest is best:)