rpb3000

ChinaTown area was our original ideal spot, and we had a place on E 47th that we thought we were going to get. Then the landlord sold it the day he wanted us to put down the security deposit. We do need to just park over there and walk around taking down numbers.

We're finding them, just in the unsavory parts of town :-P We could probably deal with a large 2-bedroom as well.

Our top line is $600, but that can be increased a bit if we can find a place that has utilities included. We're hoping to score a downstairs unit of at least 3 bedrooms. We have a ferret and would like to get a cat, so it needs to be pet-friendly. Being close to public transportation would be useful but not necessary. We'd like a grocery store to be nearby. I currently live at my uncle's near Clifton/W 117th and like the vibe of the area. But the stuff we've been looking at around here seems to be either too small or too expensive.

I first posted this over on the city-data.com forums, and someone over there said I may have better luck posting it over here. Sorry for yet another "Where to live in Cleveland?" style thread. Here's the situation: Me and a couple friends are looking to go in together on a house or apartment in Cleveland. We're all students; I'm at Tri-C now and transferring to CSU in the fall, the second is starting at CSU in the fall, and the third is at Tri-C now and is looking at transferring to Virginia Marty College of Art & Design. We also have a fourth person who may or may not join us in the fall. Where would you recommend looking for apartments? I'm currently staying at my uncle's in Lakewood near the Lakewood/Cleveland border and thusly we've been walking around the Cudell/Edgewater neighborhoods taking down numbers, but we havn't found anything large enough yet (most of the responses have been 1 or 2 bedroom units). We're looking for a house or part of a duplex, kinda leaning away from the managed buildings because they tend to be more expensive. We did check out a house over in the Clark/Fulton area, but I don't know that area very well and I've heard some not-so-good rumors about it. Driving down the street (W 41) it seemed nice enough, well-maintained lawns and houses, no boarded up places and no vacant lots. But that doesn't say everything. We want to be in Cleveland proper for voting reasons. So what are the best neighborhoods and what are the worst? Also, which ones have good access to public transportation? Which have easy access to useful things like restaurants and grocery stores? Which are more oriented towards pedestrians vs. those that are auto-centric? I know the west side better than the east side, but I don't know either side overly well. Thanks.