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I previously asked about Shaker Square but decided I wanted to be more open minded and look at several other neighborhoods. So here is my story again. I will be attending Cleveland State University and my girlfriend will be working in the heights. I can afford about $800 a month, but would prefer something cheaper if possible. Room for one car. I would like to live somewhere with a good sense of community. Niether of us drink really, so bars are not a big deciding factor on where we choose. A fun, active, walkable neighborhood would be at the top of our lists. One of my main concerns is safety, mostly for my girlfriend. If it was just me, things would be different, but I would prefer a neighborhood that would be safe for her to walk in by herself without me having to worry. One neighborhood that is kind of catching my eye is Little Italy. There appears to be a really nice community there. Thanks for any help!

Id like to know more about your experience here. Looks like a good location, right next to square and near the rapid. Not as a beautiful surrounding, like some of the apartment block streets, but still great location overall. So management and maintenance were never an issue here? Also how were the other tenants? Respectful, friendly, etc?

Thanks! So he never had any issues with management and maintenance? Here are the poor reviews I was talking about... http://g.co/maps/a5eyt Thanks for the advise and the suggestions! Ill check those places out. Im used to noise so it shouldn't affect my sleeping. Dead silence and cricketts annoy me more than anything!

Let me be the first to welcome you to Cleveland [glow=red,2,300]BEST[/glow] neighborhood! Be advised the closer to the square you are the more money you are going to spend. What are you looking for? What is budget? Will you have a car? (I'm assuming no) Let me know more info and I'll give you as much info as I can. I would also like to suggest you look at photo threads of the square and ask any particular questions. Thanks! I would prefer to live as close to the square as possible. Either a one bedroom or two bedroom would work. Well maintained building. Safe area. And im willing to spend up to about $800 a month rent. There will be one car for my girlfriend to use to get to work. But living here, thats about all we will need it for. My main concern is finding a well maintained building, with good management, and good tenants. Montlackrealty has some great buildings, but im worried about management. I found that shakersquareapartments.com has addition apartments, but when looking them up to find reviews, I found that Ludow's Castle(one of their properties) got a poor review for bad management.

Thanks everyone for the responses. @KJP, I was thinking of possibly larchmere, but wonder if the walk to the station might not be too fun during the winter months. I was wondering if anyone on here who lives, or had lived on the square has any suggestions on specific buildings, and any insight on certain owners and their management. Thanks!

^ I looked and montlack.com doesn't have any shaker square properties, so it would have to be with montlackrealty. And I currently live in Lake County.

This summer, me and my girlfriend would like to move to Shaker Square. I like Shaker Squares walkability(Grocery store, drug store, restaurants, coffee shop, etc), access to the rapid lines(which I would be taking to CSU), and weekly farmers market. My goal is to live as close to the square as possible. I was looking at apartments and most of the ones with the best location, and nicest buildings, are run by Montlack. The reviews I have found is that they have really poor management, nothing specific to their Shaker Square locations, but still something to worry about. I was wondering if anyone on here knew of any good apartments and/or if anyone had any experience with Montlack? The Lakemore, Cormere Place, Montly, and Moreland Place all look like great buildings, with great locations, but Im scared that the management might be killer. Any suggestions or advise? Thanks!