We were actually interested in moving to Raleigh, NC before we knew Rally had an office there. It's 8-9 hours to drive from Raleigh to Akron, it's 2 hours to the beach, and anytime you already have friends in an area, it helps.

Thanks!

If you're trying to escape the cold, Colorado is not the place to go.

Boulder gets around 300 days of sunshine. Also it's not wet cold and hence you don't feel the cold much. But the sub-zero overcast days is a different story.

I got the impression that they moved to NC.

  We weren't keen on moving to Colorado, but strangely enough, 
  they had an office in Raleigh, NC, where we already had several friends. 
  It felt like serendipity.

I live in Boulder and am pretty sure this Winter has nothing on an Ohio winter.