UPDATE: Just saw the Toledo thing. Awesome place if you want to work at McDonalds. In general, its the sort of place people move away from, not to. Life is too short to make bad money at a job you hate in a dank post-indistrial hell hole surrounded by sad depressed racist gun nuts.
My friend owns Video Game Underground in Toledo, which he has kept running for...I'm not sure...10 years I think, which is amazing for any game store, let alone one in such an economically depressed hole as Toledo.
Toledo isn't bad. Neither is Cleveland
the game store near my house, Video game connection, has been open for over 15 years now, still going strong. Hes the one responsible for the CCAG also.
Toledo/Cleveland area isn't bad for jobs. It all depends what exactly you are looking for work wise. There are TONS of kick ass computer jobs in the greater cleveland area.
North Carolina, you'd probably want to go to Winston Salem. The Mt. Airy/Pilot Mountain area is OK if you like country settings, but theres no jobs. Its Andy Griffith Central, literally.
If you mail something to Mayberry, NC, it ends up in Mt. Airy.
Its a 45 min drive to winston though..... with Greensboro a bit further.