There are some really nice suburbs of Cleveland and you'd be within 2 hours or less of cowboy shoots every weekend! Cost of living is great and you would have access to places to work in Cleveland. Check out the Cleveland/ Northeast Ohio suburbs. Rocky River, Fairview Park, Avon, Avon Lake ,Wellington to the west. To the east Lake county is great! Wickliffe, Willowick, Willoughby, Mentor, Painesville, Concord. You'd also be close to a bunch of good pards like me and Prairie Dawg. (I live in Euclid and Dawg lives in Cleveland Hts. but I would NOT recommend either of these places although you could get a house really cheap in Euclid) Sweet dreams!!!