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Frankly, this is why the RTA is what it is. Poor leadership. I could have pointed this out years ago...it was just about the first thing I noticed when I started using the RTA.

Dude...when new articles are published on news outlets, like the one today about his GQ interview, people are going to talk about it...so don't be surprised. Something I never even thought about, but great point!

My wife is from Ft. Lauderdale. Her parents still live there. It's a great place to visit in November-March and I certainly see lots of high rises with for sale signs every time I'm down there. There's a lot of points to be made, but I think I would suggest renting in a building for awhile to get the feel for it, then determine if you like it enough to make an investment. The market is not going to turn around down there for the next couple years so the deals will still be available in the future. But building to building is very different and that's what really makes or breaks your experience. A good property management company makes all the difference. I would definitely want some on-site experience prior to purchasing...and you should check it out during the summer too...there's a difference in seasons just in who is living there. Just to throw in my part about the weather...if you ask my wife, she likes the weather here much better. Yeah, Florida wins November-March, but unless you like 90 degress with 75% humidity and thunderstorms every day, then the weather in Florida is a bit overrated (check out some highlights from the Dolphins game this past weekend).

Yes, I would say they're relatively similar. Similar type of crowd although the neighborhood is a little smaller scale (but everything is bigger in Texas I suppose!). The bars and restaurants are comparable, although the retail aspect is not.

Yes - I lived in 6 in DFW for 6 years after college. I'm from Cleveland though and moved back 4 years ago. If you have any Dallas compared to Cleveland questions, feel free to PM me for my perspective.

555ctsv - Living downtown would be a good option. The commute to Mentor isn't bad, although it can get a little congested around the 271/90 interchange. But certainly better than any traffic you're used to in Dallas. I've lived in the Stonebridge Plaza building for the last 3 years and have been very happy there, plus you would have quick access to Rt 2 which would take you to work. E 4th is also a great area; I can't speak to the noise level, but it's certainly not a "late night rowdy" district. But there's lots to do right outside your door compared to Stonebridge, which is a little more isolated from downtown. I would not suggest moving to Euclid; there's nothing wrong with Euclid, but I think it would be like moving to Plano. If you want to consider something closer proximity to work, you might want to check out Willoughby. It has a small downtown area with a bunch of bars/restaurants and I believe there are apartments/townhomes for rent right in the downtown area. That would be more comparable to something like Addison, but only a smaller scale.

Some great shots! Love the Browns Bus...getting excited for football season!

Or you know, send your kid to Riverside, Benjamin Franklin, or one of the blue-ribbon schools in the CMSD :roll: While those schools are better than most CMSD schools, they are not blue ribbon schoold. They are still on "School Improvement" status which means they failed to meet Adequate Yearly Progress measures set by the state in recent years (and FYI: you must meet AYP standards, among other things, in order to be deemed a blue ribbon school).

I got a Twitter update from Windhorst saying the Heat will be in town Dec 2 playing on TNT. Now up on Cleveland.Com too. That's going to be a sh!t show.

Well, technically it's Ohio City. It sure isn't Downtown as the news story hinted. And I would argue that it absolutely is not the Flats (which overlaps with official city neighborhood definitions). The Flats are the flat areas in the river valley. This is up the hill from the river valley. Thus, not the Flats. Parts of Lakeview Terrace are in the flat areas of the river valley. The parking lot for some of the units are directly across the street from Mulberry's at the corner of Main and Mulberry St. I frequently see kids who live in the units out playing when I walk my dog...and I don't ever walk up any hills. We're these people who got attacked in the flat area of the river valley? No. But they were in what I would consider the Flats West Bank neighborhood, which is confined by the river to the North and East, security fence to the west (guarding treatment plant/stone quarry/shipyard), and Detroit Rd to the South. Especially now with the swing bridge closed, there are only 2 points of entry into the Flats West Bank. 1 of which takes you right through the housing complex.

American and American Eagle are NOT the same thing. AA does not serve anywhere from CLE--not Chicago, DFW, MIA or anywhere. It was an embarrassing loss. The largest airline in the world (at the time) dropped CLE. American and American Eagle are the same to the consumer, which is all that matters.

Sorry, but Lakeview Terrace has much more crime than any neighborhood downtown. I just checked crimereports.com. 7 assaults and 2 robberies in the last 2 weeks reported. And that doesn't include the one from this story (too new to show up I suppose). E. 9th St. to E. 15th St. from Euclid Ave. up to Superior Ave., spanning a much larger area, had 1 assault and 1 robbery in the same time period. These trends hold up for some other date ranges I checked. I meant no different in terms of a known dicey area within a neighborhood. I wasn't comparing the severity of it. Several people are upset the article referenced the flats, as if Lakeview Estates is not a part of the flats. I am telling you it's a part of the flats...there's only 1 direction you can walk from there without any major resistance and that's down the hill toward the river. It's just as much a part of the flats as E13th and Payne is a part of downtown...a part of the neighborhood you should generally avoid. Except of course of election days when I have to vote there.

The point is it's not a whole lot different from the sketchy parts of E 12th/13th at night...and we're not suddenly declaring that E 12th is no longer a part of downtown.

It is the projects, but that's part of the West Bank. It's the voting precinct for the area. It's basically at the top of the hill if you're walking up Main Ave from Harbor Inn or McCarthy's (which is what these guys were doing). The housing units back right up to Mulberry's.

This project has entered the "irrelevant until I see construction crews working on site" category...at least for me.

Here's a link with a short video on the right. Looks like the skyline will be incorporated into the movie. http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=142011&catid=3

^ Ha...not at night, no. But here are the trailers about 10 minutes ago...they were just wrapping up breakfast when I was walking my dog.

These guys are outside my building right now. Apparently they filmed on the 12th floor inside a unit and somewhere on the second. Trailers are set up in the powerhouse parking lot. They had a huge light outside in the early evening...but I left for dinner without asking and seemed to ocme back as they wrapped up.

Can't access You Tube at work, but the "Terry Tate: Office Linebacker" commercials are easily my favorite! Also, for whatever reason, "Garfield 1-2-3-2-3" comes to mind. Catchy local jingle hits a sweet spot...

While clothing may be arbitrary, appearance is not. I didn't come to my job interview wearing shorts and sandals...or even business casual which is the stadard for employees who work here. I showed up in a suit. I suspect you follow the same standards in your own life, dressing for the occassion. Funny you mention that...I went to court to fight a traffic ticket dressed in a suit. I can't tell you how many times people who were there for whatever violation (and dressed like crap) asked me for directions or what happens next. They thought I was an attorney. Nope; I was there for the same reason as them...except I was prepared and informed (and I won my case)...and I dressed the part...and so did they.

When I was in Cincinnati one time, in the suburb of Springdale, I was refused the purchase of alcohol on a Sunday afternoon....3ish. The check-out guy said it was a local law. Very annoying. I was in college and one time tried to buy beer at 2am Sunday (Saturday night) and was denied due to local laws. Very annoying. But then I knew what the law was and adjusted so I didn't have to worry about it.

As someone who came from "one of the better suburban high schools" I can tell you a couple of things: 1. The people who dressed themselves in the "prison-related" fashion were intentionally dressing that way to match their persona...which generally fit the stereotype. They weren't doing it because it was more comfortable to bang out all nighters while studying for their calculus exam. 2. These same people typically did not amount to much after high school. The old addage stands at any point in your life...dress for the job you want not the job you have.

Yeah, mellow out a bit. I'm not sure what you expected her reaction to be you greet her that way. And assuming it wasn't an innapropriate time of day, I don't see what the issue is with ringing someone's doorbell. That's pretty much how I interacted with any of my friends growing up...go to their house and ring the doorbell. The quickest way for him to revert back into his shell is to maintain the "my way or the highway" style of parenting. Anyway, I was 16 dating an 18 year old (and 18 when she was 20 when we broke up) and that age difference isn't bad at all. It's actually the greatest thing ever if she a little more, um, advanced than the girls in your grade ;)

I think - and this can be done anywhere in the state - you need to find a piece of sh!t bar and get a PBR or Gennessee and hang out with a bunch of dudes with mustaches who chain smoke.

O.A.R. I didn't notice any problems though...seemed like a typical college crowd.