If you live here in the Buckeye State, it can be easy to take all the beautiful parts about Ohio for granted. And if you have out-of-state friends, they likely have no idea what they’re missing out on. The following are 12 fail proof ways to convince all your friends to move to Ohio:

  1. Our rural scenery could warm the coldest of hearts…

Mike/Flickr There’s nothing else quite like it. <3

  1. …and nothing could charm you more than our covered bridges.

Kevin Burkett/Flickr There are more than 125 covered bridges in Ohio and each one has its own special charm.

  1. Here in Ohio, our fall season is simply magical.

Delta Whiskey/Flickr Sure, our seasons occur out of sequence and at any given time, but the three days out of the year we DO have fall are pure bliss. <3

  1. Nothing beats driving the back roads on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

Corey Balazowich/Flickr In between Ohio’s cities, amusement parks and other attractions is some of the best country road scenery you’ll ever take in.

  1. There’s so much to explore.

Benjamin Lehman/Flickr We have 83 state parks, in fact.

  1. We have beaches, too.

Mark K./Flickr Lake Erie is our own special sort of ocean. (Without the jellyfish and salt!)

  1. We have Ohio Bicentennial Barns.

Benjamin Lehman/Flickr All throughout the state, these beautiful barns give our state a unique stamp on America the Beautiful. (The pictured barn is located in Stark County.)

  1. There’s nothing like the rolling hills of Ohio Amish Country.

J. Byerly/Flickr Ohio has the largest Amish population of any state in the nation. (As of 2000, the Amish population in Ohio was 49,750. Pennsylvania comes in at number 2 with an Amish population of 40,100.)

  1. We have a seemingly endless amount of hidden gems.

Angelskiss31/Flickr (Pictured is Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park in Hamilton, Ohio.)

  1. The people are invaluable.

Stephen Wolfe/Flickr Ohioans are some of the most innovative, laid-back and heartfelt individuals who thoroughly appreciate the good things in life.

  1. There’s simply no better place to live. <3

Mark J. Blum/Facebook Our small town roots run deep—and so does the pride.

  1. Ohio is “the heart of it all.”

Mike/Flickr If that doesn’t convince them, I’m not sure what will. <3

What else would you add to this? Let us know!

Mike/Flickr

There’s nothing else quite like it. <3

Kevin Burkett/Flickr

There are more than 125 covered bridges in Ohio and each one has its own special charm.

Delta Whiskey/Flickr

Sure, our seasons occur out of sequence and at any given time, but the three days out of the year we DO have fall are pure bliss. <3

Corey Balazowich/Flickr

In between Ohio’s cities, amusement parks and other attractions is some of the best country road scenery you’ll ever take in.

Benjamin Lehman/Flickr

We have 83 state parks, in fact.

Mark K./Flickr

Lake Erie is our own special sort of ocean. (Without the jellyfish and salt!)

All throughout the state, these beautiful barns give our state a unique stamp on America the Beautiful. (The pictured barn is located in Stark County.)

J. Byerly/Flickr

Ohio has the largest Amish population of any state in the nation. (As of 2000, the Amish population in Ohio was 49,750. Pennsylvania comes in at number 2 with an Amish population of 40,100.)

Angelskiss31/Flickr

(Pictured is Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park in Hamilton, Ohio.)

Stephen Wolfe/Flickr

Ohioans are some of the most innovative, laid-back and heartfelt individuals who thoroughly appreciate the good things in life.

Mark J. Blum/Facebook

Our small town roots run deep—and so does the pride.

Mike/Flickr

If that doesn’t convince them, I’m not sure what will. <3

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