wrote:
TxSrv,
Thanks. I have not accepted the position up there yet. Last offer
was good but not enough to cover the higher taxes and living cost....
NE Ohio is quite a sticker shock, from every aspect.

Excuse me?? This is "the rust" belt up here, ya' know. Where
all is a Bonanza owner comin' from where there'll be sticker
shock, re COL other big midwest cities. Just kidding, but
there's other intangibles here. Freeways to get to work are
still reasonably uncongested, more so NE, E, and SE of Cleveland.
Fellow drivers are reasonably courteous, if not more so than
avg. Retail workers are rather friendly if you engage a little
bit. Schools are variable but good in the burbs. Crime rates
low; overall taxes avg for big metro areas.

As to flying, the sight of Lake Erie, post-frontal passage in
viz-20 partial clouds/sun is a sight for sore eyes no matter how
long you've been flying! But if you do IFR, and need the Bo for
"must trips," you learn how to evaluate WX forecasts to deal with
it. Have an out above and below.

If the concern is the costs/intangibles of hangaring one's
Bonanza, I do caution. Cuyahoga County (CGF) has long gone
really upscale with bizjets. Lost Nation (LNN) may/may not have
[affordable] community hangar space, but the FBO managing that
operation [my field in tie-down] I'd personally elect not. And
anybody who intends to fly hard IFR out of Concord Airpark needs
counseling. By whom, I really don't know, but a cool place
otherwise. The elderly lady who owns the place is still an
active CFI, an elected Concord Township Trustee, and she
effectively runs an aviation nonprofit, International Womens Air
& Space Museum at Cleveland downtown, KBKL. See www.iwasm.org.

Just thought I'd pass along the nuances here at least of living,
working, raising family, flying, and basing one's Bonanza. ;-) Or
any plane, or any place in the US, for that matter. Best of luck.

Fred F.