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are you saying all places around here are cold in the winter?

Hey all, I live in Ohio City now-for the past year. I hate to move but the place was so damn cold in the winter, plus I feel I'm paying too much. Anyway, I want a place that will be warm, for the price. Anyone have any recommendations on warm, cheap(ish) places in Ohio City, Lakewood (most places offer free heat but do they stay warm?), Downtown areas? Maybe I should contact a rental agent? Anyone know any good ones?

Thanks all for the gym ideas. Anyone used CSU's new gym and rec center? I can use that for free so I'm anxious to check it out. I hear there's a gym, swimming pool, basketball court etc..

Thanks. Maybe I can join in on one of those Urbanohio tours you guys do before school starts and sucks the life out of me.

Guess I'm naive on the whole Cleveland issue. I'm coming from West Palm Beach, FL (can't stand it) and, I agree, I love Cleveland. I love CSU, the city with barely any traffic problems, the great public transportation, the bars, the cheap housing, the people, the sports, all the diversity of the neighborhoods and, most of all, Ohio City. I'll be settling in on the 2800 block of Bridge Ave around July 12th.

I just finished my first trip into Cleveland. Spent most of my time in Ohio City. It's easy to find a spot to park for free on the side streets. Most of the meter parking on w. 25th is one hour parking. Definitely get a Dortmunder at Great Lakes. I was so addicted to those things that I was even paying 7 bucks for them at the airport on the way home. I also enjoyed the Bier Markt, Garage Bar and Old Angle Tavern, all in Ohio City within a block from each other.

Thanks all. My g/f will be happy. Correction as to my house as well. It's on Bridge ave a little west of w 28th. Such a great spot, I wish I didn't have law school to worry about. Oh well, I'm moving up there the first week of july, school starts august 14th so at least I get a good month in. I seriously am in love with Cleveland. I don't know if you all are aware, but it gets a bad rap for some reason.

Thanks for the welcoming. I can't wait to move up here. I need to spend a night in the warehouse district. Looks like a lot of fun. Are all the bars there pretty expensive? And i got to check out the Westside market today. I love that place. It has everything you need. I'm eating some of the best beef jerky I have ever had right now. I'm not in a building. I am living in the downstairs of a house between w. 27th and w. 28th. I just drove around the neighborhood all day friday and saturday looking for "FOR RENT" signs and had appts to see the places all day sunday. The houses around 40th-45th street were huge and much cheaper but I would rather live as close to 25th as possible. It seemed like the middle of nowhere back there. We also checked out Tremont and Detroit-Shoreway but Ohio City was definitely the clear cut choice. We didn't even make it over to the eastside of Cleveland. We actually met a couple that was moving from the east to the west and they cited their reason for moving as the time it takes to get from the Heights areas to downtown. For the poster who said he had a friend looking for a place, we saw the coolest townhouse at 4710 Franklin St (Ave???). It was 795/mo and it had two floors.Top floor was all open space, huge kitchen and downstairs room as well. He should definitely check that place out. Anyway, my girlfriend wants to know where the best gym would be in terms of location and amount of equipment. Anyone know?

Well, it's over. Ohio City it is. I got a great place right by Dave's off 25th st. I got such a deal. Still having a hard time convincing the g/f about how great a location Ohio City is but Friday and Saturday at Great Lakes, Bier Markt and the Garage bar definitely helped me win her over. She's still wishing we would be living in the Heights areas but, it takes WAY too long to head west coming from there. Anyway, my new place is badass and I can't wait to move in. Right by 25th st. No more tempting drunken drives. Unless i go to the Warehouse district. Thanks everyone for your help!

Sounds like we've got a "queer eye" candidate!!!!! Get Bravo on the line...NOW! Oh hell...I sense this might be an emergency, we'll have to do it Cleveland style and get to this man with five (gasping) work shirts who has never hosted a dinner party and doesn't know what roumaki is. 8-) :-o :| Make sure to bring the girlfriend along....I like the "YF&B" gals who buys what they want - even if they are living over their means. But we can call Suze Orman for an intervention!! HAHAHAHAHA. YF & B?

I don't think I've ever had a dinner party. I have never owned, nor do I plan to until I start a family, a dining room table. I eat on the coffee table or the kitchen bar or I eat out. I spend money on things that I need, she spends money on things that she wants. I have exactly 5 work shirts, one for each day of the week. She has the whole walk-in closet filled with her shit whereas, I converted the air conditioning/heater room into my closet. i don't care what other poeple think of my place/clothes/car etc.. because i always have a logical/practical/financial explanation for doing what I do or having what I have, this is not the case in her life and, of course, it shows in the disparity of our bank accounts even though she makes more money than me and I have more bills to pay. She aims to look good in the eyes of others, like most women. Our views on standards of living are polar opposites and this has caused problems in our relationship and I am quite certain we will be at each other's wits ends when trying to "agree" on where to live/how much to spend. I am very apprehensive about this trip. What is a roumaki? And, I am excited about having a fireplace. I've never had one of my own. God forbid if i turn it into an entertainment center. Oh, and I'm not sure what you mean by "your people" (gay,metrosexual,woman?) but, I will take any help in convincing her to save her money. Also, you said earlier you can point me in the right direction towards decent rental companies in Lakewood. I am ready to call some up and get some tours set up so, if you wouldn't mind throwing out a few names, numbers or websites, I would appreciate it. Duplexes/apartments/houses, whatever. Thanks a lot, Mayday.

Yeah, this is exactly what I'm telling my g/f. I don't care what it looks like on the outside. Or the inside, for that matter. I like hardwood floors as much as the next person but I put more weight on my rational and practical views than on my materialistic views. Besides, I have enough materialism to fight dealing with my girlfriend.

I'm looking at Craigslist. It seems wood floors are very popular as well. I would rather have carpet due to the possible noise. And i would rather live in a side by side duplex rather than an upstairs/downstairs, unless I'm on the top floor.

What's up everybody. I have another question. Anyone lived in a downstairs apartment of a house? You know, how they are split into one upper and one lower level and there is a "shared washer/dryer in basement"? Are these places loud? Can you hear your upstairs neghbors easily? What cons can you think of? It seems most rentals are this way in Cleveland.

Nice pics. Thanks. I've spent hours on this site looking for pics of Ohio City. Nice to see them all in one thread instead of scattered around.