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Hi there; our place is in Worthington Square!

Dunno...the Ann Arbor Trail/Penniman houses seem to be similar architecture, time period (and some rival the size) of the places in Shaker we eyeballed. Plymouth may have a bit more going on (currently live music from a "Green" festival downtown) can be heard from our bedroom window, some new bars and restaurants, etc. etc. etc. Anyhoo. To the poster above, we agreed with your assessment of Asiatown; seemed very safe, but not very walkable. We did hit Koko bakery last weekend for bubble tea, and just got back from another recon expedition and had dim sum at the restaurant down the street on Payne. We loved Tremont on a Friday night...but the place we looked at had VERY limited parking (we both work and need two cars)...and Fairfield between Paralax (loved the onion ring side with the sushi) and Lolita seemed to get clogged up pretty quickly. Ohio City, some lovely little side-streets with beautiful brick Victorian homes, but to pull another Detroit comparison, reminded me a bit of Corktown. Ultimately, I think we are go with a 1 BR 1100 sqft loft we found in the Warehouse district. Rent will be a bit more, but per mapquest only 4 miles to the main CCF campus, and there is a satellite on the west side I will be trudging too so this works perfectly. Thanks for the help!

Hello again! We currently live in the Detroit suburbs (Plymouth, aka Shaker with smaller houses), but went to medical school at Wayne State and lived in downtown Detroit for 3+ years each. Ideally we are looking for a loft under $1000 with a washer/dryer inside the loft. Cleveland/University Heights just didn't do it for me. We liked the homes in Shaker Heights, but are a bit too pricey (if we could find one to rent). We also liked the Warehouse district, but when you add parking costs into the equation, >$1300 a month for a 1100 sqft loft was a bit too much. I called a couple places in the Gateway district (Park Place, forgot where else) that may be We are planning to have a second look around Sat morning, specifically Ohio City and West Side market, Asiatown, and Tremont.

Great resource this forum has been! We're moving in late June/early July, initially looked at Cleveland Heights and Shaker, but we've since started looking into renting in either Tremont or Midtown/Asiantown/whatever area. Looking at loft buildings. Have a couple of questions; 1) From browsing on line....Tremont appears to be a little safer than Asiantown? True or false? 2) Greater variety of homes in Asiantown > Tremont, at least the type of lofts we're interested in. I saw a Loftworks loft that is for rent on Craigslist, but it appears others are more for purchase (Payne Lofts) rather than renting. 3) Any other resources that y'all can provide? Google and Yahoo weren't much help, so I think on our next scouting mission I am going to be taking down pictures/numbers of places to get a hold of to see if there are any lofts for rent. Thanks PS we're from Michigan, we drive since public transportation is a foreign concept to us :yap: