The science on that is really weird and in flux for the southern shore of the western half of Lake Erie, covering Cleveland and Buffalo. The added heat is probably going to make early storm systems bigger. On the other hand the disturbance in the jet stream will often mean an earlier surface freeze for the lake, which shuts off the mammoth lake effect snow machine. No two projections I’ve seen agree on likely seasonal trends long term.
Escape is too far, but you aren’t as likely to be under water, without water, or on fire in that area, which is a plus.
Ohio was part of New France. When I’m arguing that Cleveland should be given back to Connecticut I sometimes have to cite old maps of the region to argue why we should be part of, Quebec, Connecticut, or France, rather than being tied to the rest of the state.