re: If you could live anywhere in Central and Eastern timezones (US), where would you relocate

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North Carolina (no idea where but not Charlotte).

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I would look in the Piedmont area of NC; west of Raleigh/Durham to Hickory maybe. That area doesn't get mentioned much because it generally is not the place the tourist know and visit; e.g., the mountains or the beaches. IMO, as far as day to day living that Piedmont area is the best place in NC.

I live "downeast" (east of I 95) in a mid-size town and this is a fine place to live but generally speaking these counties have agriculture based economies with high poverty rates and mediocre public schools. The plus side is the cost of living is relatively low. Lot of people live here and commute to Raleigh for work; it's about an hour drive. Most of the downeast towns have good private schools.