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Great job Cincy! Great to see another of Ohio's big cities getting positive national attention!

I was in Nashville last October for the first time and loved - it is a great city, especially the individual neighborhoods. I stayed with a friend who lives in East Nashville - it is a great city with funky shops, great restaurants and cafes, and some great bars. The Parthenon was quite a surprise as well - the grounds it sits on were impeccable.

Wow - you really have taken the analyzation of this article to a whole new level. I bow out at this point. You win. I will say this though - I am a twenty-something, single guy living in Cleveland - and I love it :) I thought that's what this thread was supposed to be about anyways... loving Cleveland.

I am sure Lauren didn't come to Cleveland, but then why should she based on the criteria for making the list - do you need to go to a city to know that there are 4,385 bars in it? That the average rent is $540 a month for a one bedroom? That tons of singles live in the suburbs? Yes, we might be on the bottom of a list from Forbes soon and receiving bad publicity... but so it goes. I like the fact that Cleveland is up one minute, and down the next. It shows diversity :) If anything maybe it will generate people to see for themselves how a city can be riding high one week and then down and out the next. You can't win them all. But as far as being accurate and true, Lauren seems to have her bases covered. It was a very short article meant to boost the esteem of Clevelanders. I really don't see any need to take it for anything more than that. To even find a fact to argue in the article just seems nitpicky.

All of the information below seems accurate and true to me. Maybe I am missing something. What exactly in the article below isn't true? I am genuinely curious. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ The standings are based on seven categories: cost of living, job growth, perceived coolness, culture, nightlife, online dating participation, and the percentage of singles in the population. We soared in nightlife, said Lauren Sherman, the Forbes.com reporter who compiled the rankings. "Cleveland has over 4,000 bars, clubs and restaurants [4,385 to be exact]. In Austin, that metro area has only 2,000," she said. "So even though Austin is thought of as this hip, cool town, there are many more bars and clubs in Cleveland." Also helping us is our low cost of living. "The average rent on a one-bedroom apartment is $540 a month," said Sherman. "That's cheapest in the country." In addition, the rankings now use data from metro areas, not just cities. "Tons of single people live in the suburbs," said Sherman.

Debbie Downer, No I do not know intimately how Forbes works. Simply said, Cleveland made a list on Forbes, and it is generating good publicity because if it. What is left to analyze? Take it at face value. Signed, Happy Clevelander

It's one of many lists Forbes will come out with this year - and Cleveland actually ranked high on it people. These lists come and go. Accept that it is good news for Clevelanders. It is good publicity for our city. Why is this being so over analyzed??? Amazing how some people still find a way to turn good news into bad news.

I think it is great to see Cleveland ranked relatively high on the list. Whether or not Forbes is reputable or factual doesn't really mean people aren't reading it. Whenever Forbes comes out with a list, it is usually picked up by at least one news source from a city that made that particular list. So now the folks from NYC, Boston, DC, Philly, Seattle, Chicago, etc... will be getting positive information about Cleveland.

I like it! Just to play devil's advocate though - it seemed a bit long for a marketing piece. I felt like I was watching the same thing over and over, a bit repetitive.

Hi everyone. I am moving to Cleveland on August 22 after living in Boston for the past five years. I grew up in Wadsworth and went to Kent State, so I am relatively familiar with the area. I will staying with my brother's family in University Heights until I get a job and my own place. Which brings me to this post... does anyone have any good leads for recruiters in the Cleveland area? Specifically in the Marketing field? I have done searches and nothing haven't seen too many results. The two jobs I had in Boston were through recruiters. My background is in marketing and print/web design. Any help would be appreciated.

On a positive note, isn't it true that the population of people living downtown has increased dramatically and is projected to do so over the span of the next decade? And isn't Cleveland's downtown one of the fastest growing downtown population's in the country right now? I thought I remembered reading that on the PD awhile back.

I guess I am confused. So the number 433,748 is the metro area, and not the city proper? Well in a month and a half I will be moving there (from Boston) so it will be 433,749 :)

This number is representative of Cleveland proper - correct? What about the metro area - what are the numbers for that?