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Hi Chicagoist, and welcome to UrbanOhio (and hopefully back to Cleveland!) The areas you mentioned are definitely good choices. I live in Tremont, car-free, and I do a lot of transit-taking (and walking around) fairly late at night. I'd be happy to answer any specific questions you have about the neighborhood or about taking transit, either here or by PM if you'd rather. Tremont and Detroit-Shoreway have the best access to 90 for getting out to see the family in Lorain Co., and it's pretty easy to get to the freeway from Ohio City, too. You may also be interested in checking out Downtown, particularly the Warehouse and Gateway districts, Asiatown, as well as University Circle, Little Italy, and especially the Shaker Square neighborhood. The last few areas are harder to access by freeway. Your budget will get you pretty far in Cleveland, probably just about all but the largest/most expensive apartments downtown. Feel free to pepper us with questions (we love that :) ) and again, welcome!

And they're both lower than Cincinnati's: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2010/03/15/daily55.html Lanthiriel, I agree with the above posters that you'll find the cities in this part of the country to be extremely livable, in terms of amenities and cost of living. Cleveland (and other cities in the general region) have lots of established universities, if you eventually end up pursuing another degree. I'd say that X gave the best advice of all- no matter where in the country you're looking, in this economy, find a job first! It might be more helpful for us if you can say what other amenities you're looking for in your new city. We'll be happy to answer your questions as well as we are able!

Just from googling, I found this list of metro area AIDS cases. It's from '07, but at least it gives an idea: http://www.avert.org/usa-states-cities.htm There's probably a better data out there, but I'm lazy! :-D

The Scene's take: http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/the-ass-is-wrong/Content?oid=1862129

Ignatius is on the West Side.

I think there was discussion about incorporating a coffee or newsstand, but I don't know the current plan.

I like the plan, but here's crossing my fingers for some occasional programming to take advantage of the space!

Whoa, they totally changed the video from yesterday! Yesterday, the video had a cut from an aerial of Manhattan to an aerial of the tracks behind the Terminal Tower... But they replaced it with taxis!

Well, the Census Bureau wholly revamped the way it determines metro areas for the 2000 census (per the document coldayman posted.) Looking at the data from the link I posted above, a bit over 21% of Ashtabula Co. commuters work in Cuyahoga Co., which is just shy of the 25% needed for inclusion in the MSA. If just under 500 more people commuted from Ashtabula to Cuyahoga Co. in 2000, it would have been included. The largest number of commuters (45%) work in Lake Co., and 18% work in Geauga Co. Less than 5% work anywhere in the state of PA, with most in Erie Co. So I guess they used to fit whatever the old criteria were for inclusion in the PMSA, but when the Census Bureau changed over to the new definitions, Ashtabula Co. just barely didn't make the cut.

I never said that reduced bus service is the only explanation, so please don't act like I did. I merely pointed out that cutting 20% of your service across the board (including decreasing the frequency of the Red Line) is likely to contribute to a drop in ridership. It's one of several pieces of the puzzle, and you know that, KJP.

If people are choosing to drive rather than taking two-seat rides, it might.

Service cuts.

Yes, and Portage too. http://ftp2.census.gov/geo/maps/urbanarea/uaoutline/UA2000/ua17668/ua17668_00.pdf You can see at the bottom how close the Akron urbanized area comes to the Cleveland area (probably close to a quarter mile, by my judgement.) Also, keep in mind that that map is from 2000, so the sprawl may very well have connected the urban areas by now.

I strongly agree with this point. I don't remember the exact numbers, but IIRC our regional economy consisted of approximately 33% manufacturing jobs into the '80s. The fact that we've been able to transition to an economy with around 11% manufacturing jobs today while losing fewer people than in the 1970s alone, and at the same time revitalizing downtown, UC, etc. is truly remarkable. Remember how the mayor of University Heights acted when a Cleveland Heights councilman dared even bring up the issue of possibly considering a merger? The attitude among the elected representatives of a few of these places seems to indicate that dysfunction is a problem in many places beyond the city. The tendency to stick one's head in the sand is not endemic to Cleveland politicians. If anything, I'd say the more recent ones have finally seen the light. It's just that now we need help.

If anyone's interested, here are the commuting numbers from 2000: http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/commuting/index.html#OH To add some numbers to jam40jeff's explanation: Of Cuyahoga county residents who work outside the county, just under 25% work in Summit county. Of Summit county residents who work outside the county, 53% work in Cuyahoga county. Of Portage county residents who work outside the county, just over 50% work in Summit county, and 15% work in Cuyahoga county. For Portage to be over the 25% mark for workers going to Cuyahoga county, a bit over 7,000 more people would have needed to commute to Cuyahoga county in 2000. How much have the Portage Co. suburbs (Aurora and Streetsboro especially) grown since then, and what will the commuting percentages look like when the census data is released next year? Could make for an interesting situation. We're bigger in the eyes of the Feds, I would guess translating into more $$.

Mobile was founded by the French as the first capital of the colony of Louisiana. It moved to Biloxi, MS after like 20 years, but the influence is definitely visible. (Cue Mayday's "the more you know" graphic :-P)

The beauty of this city never ceases to amaze me :) Well done! Where was this photo taken?

I was bored at work, I crunched the numbers, and here's what I came up with: MSA (Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Geauga, Lake) 1950: 1,680,736 1960: 2,126,983 1970: 2,321,037 1980: 2,173,734 1990: 2,102,248 2000: 2,148,143 CSA (above plus Summit, Portage, and Ashtabula) 1950: 2,233,417 1960: 2,825,417 1970: 3,098,513 1980: 2,938,277 1990: 2,859,644 2000: 2,945,831 So, the peak year for both MSA and CSA was 1970, then we declined in population for two decades until 1990, then both the MSA and CSA grew between 1990 and 2000.

I think Edgewater is another. Even though Clifton Blvd. isn't exactly low-traffic, the side streets are. Louisa May-Alcott is a blue-ribbon elementary, and you can't beat walking with your kids down to Edgewater Park for an afternoon at the beach.

I would guess it probably has to do with the cult of personality that surrounds the strong voices of that movement.

FWIW, I've walked past the units on Coltman that are already constructed, and they are built up to the street (and interact with it nicely.) The ones on E. 119... I suppose they could have been built up to the street, but for what purpose? There's nothing on the other side of E. 119, except for more parking and railroad tracks.

Yup.

The "d" is silent. It's a native thang ;-)

All I know is what was quoted in the article: "One plus for the building is that downtown Cleveland office vacancy is not faring that badly compared to other markets, said Warren Morris, CEO of the Colliers Ostendorf-Morris brokerage. For example, Colliers reports downtown Cleveland vacancy of 15% stacks up respectably against other cities, as Dallas has 22% vacancy, Phoenix 17%, and Los Angeles and Miami, both 16%."

Crain's reported this week that Downtown Cleveland's vacancy rate is now 15%. Nice to see, considering that it was as high as 22% in 2005 (per page 1 of this thread) and we've slipped into a huge recession since then. Article (subscription needed:) http://crainscleveland.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100215/SUB1/302159974