The population of Ohio is between twelve and thirteen million residents, but its world famous destination city of Columbus is also its capital. The “Buckeye State” attracts tourists for its Great Black Swamp, Allegheny Plateau, and Appalachian regions. Professional sports franchises, historic canals, river amusements, and Civil War battle sites invite visitors.
The ecological business profile of Ohio reflects the urban geography and contrasting rural areas of desert plains, roadway and railways, agriculture, densely established, highly sophisticated commerce, and horse and cattle ranching. A whopping Ohio state product of $466 billion rides on the twin rails of cargo transit and being one day’s drive from almost everywhere in the United States.
Ohio has growing urban density yet shares the same problems of any state with Cincinnati and Cleveland metropolitan centers. Cincinnati is one of the top ten most ozone-polluted cities in the United States. Commercial hubs and company headquarters for a stunning number of American business behemoths make this number more understandable. But adding wind and other alternate source energy plants could treat the problem of Ohio’s high unemployment.
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