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thanks all...will check them all out when i hit town...keep the reccs. coming! i'm a real foodie....

also, where would u guys suggest would be the really haute couture cuisine in town? any james beard nominees other than lola/lollita?

thx all for the input. that said...there isn't any modern stonebridge type of place in shaker square right? i saw some ads for a "500 severance place" that looked nice, but that's only condos right?

thanks...can i commute to university hospitals? if it's only a 5 min walk, i wonder if i can use the rapid to commute and thus not have to drive?

hmm...thx...do yahoo and verizon provide dsl service? i've seen some $14.99/month offers...

So, have people had experience w/ DSL vs. Time Warner Cable for internet access? Anyone have an idea of which one is faster in Real World scenarios for a given amount of $?

What's the Hub? Tower City?

hi thx all...for now i'm going to settle in at stonebridge waterfront...i just put down a deposit, but i'm willing to move elsewhere and forgo it if i find something else better i like -- i was able to get a 2 bd/2 bath for about $900/month, which i think is a great deal. so i guess we'll see. i guess my only concern is a lack of a "neighborhood" where i can just walk outside and get a latte if i want.

Hi, I'll have a car. I will probably be driving to work. Yeah, I'd prefer to live in an area close to shops, etc., but that's probably not necessary, if the other criteria are met. When I say "modern kitchen," I mean something well lit w/ new appliances and sinks...not something scuzzy :-/.

hi all. thanks for a lot of your posts! in response to some questions, yeah i have been to cleveland. i did briefly go to the warehouse district, as we were taken out for dinners there. lots of stuff to ponder. anyone know anything about greenbriar apartments in shaker heights? there's no review at apartmentratings.com. carolecohen, thanks for the update about riverbend...am interested in something there perhaps.

hey...anyone know where the best place to live in cleveland is? i'm looking to rent < 1000/month a 1 bedroom w/ the following amenities: 1) QUIET (i.e. no thin walls, floors, or ceilings) 2) in unit washer/dryer 3) close to the RTA line 4) modern kitchen 5) fitness center 6) pool 7) elevator access 8) SAFE (good to have a security desk) I've looked at the Warehouse District because it's close to the RTA. I'm also considering Beachwood, as it's close to Saks and seems to be a rather affluent area. I'm a young doctor whose fiancee will be flying in from NYC on the weekends, so I'm thinking that maybe having a place close to the RTA would be better, but if I found a really nice place in Beachwood or somewhere around Case Western, perhaps I could live out there instead. It would just make things harder when she visits (i.e. how much would a cab ride be to Beachwood from Hopkins International?). some places i looked at include crockerpark.com, as it has a lot of the nice amenities. however, it seems that i'd have to try from the west to the east side every day to get to case. so, i thought about living in beachwood. the problem is that i am going to be on call a lot (i'll be starting as an intern at case western uh in june), and thus, i'm thinking that it would be hard for me to just pick my fiancee up at the airport whenever she comes in. as it is now, she flies into boston where i am now, and she can take the T (our version of the rapid) to my place easily if i can't pick her up. one thing i seemed to sense is that beachwood is a pretty nice place, and i've considered it, but i'm wondering how much of a problem it will be for my fiancee to take a cab from the Rapid to w/ever i end up living. it just seems that there aren't a lot of modern apartments in and around cleveland. cleveland as a whole seems to be rather historic and consist of a lot of renovated/gentrified areas. i can see that people like the 1920's type apartments present so much in the univ. circle and little italy thing, but thatjust isn't doing it for me. i looked at living in the warehouse district, as that'd be close to the city center/RTA, but i'm not sure about 1) the commute to case, 2) safety, and 3) how nice the housing would be. i've looked really hard at thebingham.com, but i'm not so sure loft-style living is for me. i like nice large windows, and i'm not sure if the walls would be too thin since it's a renovated warehouse. i also looked at stonebridge waterfront but i got scared off by the reviews at apartmentratings.com. i also considered reserve square, but again, i got scared off by the reviews (seems like this mgt. company k&d is really bad!!!). i also looked at the RTA maps, but i'm not sure exactly how close some of the RTA stations are to the various addresses. i guess i could mapquest, but it would help if a lot of the listings would just note how far they are from the RTA. what towns do the green and red lines end in? it seems that i would prefer to live on the east side...there's also a whole foods opening in university heights. that'd be a big plus, as i currently go there a lot now to buy my groceries. they have really great prepared things. i guess i'm looking for something similar to pinnacle701.com, but w/out all the space and that would rent. any suggestions??