I’m in north central Ohio not far at all from the lake and islands and other than that there isn’t anywhere I’d want to spend an actual vacation at. Maybe a day trip but that’s it. We’d have to drive more hours to get somewhere worth spending several days at cause that’s what a vacation is to me.
I'm guessing Chattanooga, TN. Atlanta is actually only a hour to hour half away but you couldn't pay me to spend vacation there. To the south I could go to the Americus Ga area or Warm Springs is only about 2 or 2 1/2 hours away.