It's fine. Living in downtown Dayton obviously wouldn't be the best. But there's ton of suburbs that are fantastic around it. Cheap cost of living, good schools, etc.....

You are close enough to go to Cincinnati, Columbus, Indianapolis and depending up to Erie for a weekend etc.... Those cities all have things to do and aren't exactly "rough."

Anyways having lived in and around Dayton and Cincinnati I thought I'd chime in.... Guarantee the schools here are better then most in SC and NC.... I can't say about TYS but I'd bet the further you go away from the city the schools get rural and might or might not be good....