Lima, OH

Lima is at a crossroads geographically between several Midwestern cities. It has a robust past as a manufacturing center of automotive parts, neon signs, and steam locomotives, but those industries are in decline. It has a strong oil and gas industry tied to local production and reserves does give some vitality to the economy, although it doesn’t bring a large number of jobs. Lima has been a regional medical center since its earliest days. Currently, the city s two hospitals serve a 10-county area of northwest and west central Ohio. St. Rita s Medical Center, a level 2 trauma center, with nearly 4,000 employees. Musical comedy-drama television series Glee is set in the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio, although the show is actually filmed in Los Angeles, California.