Nighthawk23

Thank you everyone for the help! I'm most likely going to rent a place on W. 9th St. It's a little further from the Clinic than I was hoping to be, but I really liked the area.

Thanks for the feedback/ suggestions, I really appreciate it! It sounds like I will have to stop getting drunk/looking for fights and trying to buy drugs if I want to live downtown. They may be hard habits to break lol. On a more serious note, because I have a car and will have to pay for parking, I think living downtown may be a bit too expensive for me. I'm def not ruling it out, but I'm looking elsewhere as well. Cleveland Hts seems to be recommended a lot. Just based on my online research, the apts seem to be older and a little run-down. Is this area is mostly students? Or are there young professionals there as well?

I just got a job at the Cleveland Clinic and will be driving down from Michigan next week to find a place to live. I'm in my early 20's and female. I will be working 2nd shift and getting home late. I would really like to live downtown, but I want to be in a relatively safe area. Should I be concerned about coming home late at night by myself? I get the impression that Cleveland isn't as unsafe as some people make it out to be, but I don't really know anything about the area.