So thinking about moving to Cleveland, I love the Cincinnati neighborhood Clifton Gaslight, and was wondering if a similar hood could be found in Cleveland? any help would be appreciated.

thanks,

 

Not everyone is familiar with Clifton Gaslight, so it would be helpful to list some attributes that you are looking for.

Agreed - give us a little more about what you like about that neighborhood and we can make some suggestions.

Clifton Gaslight is a small university area of cinci. Old homes, fair density, and walking distance to cool shops and even a movie theatre. Generally large homes.

 

I would say personally that buckeye-shaker/cleveland heights are your best options.

I know I'm going to sound like a broken record, but Lakewood, specifically the sidestreets off Detroit Avenue west of Bunts to Webb, might be worth considering. Consult a map. Lakewood is one of Cleveland's most urban suburbs (Cleveland Heights being the other but is more "East Coast" than what you might be used to). Lakewood is more midwestern urban, with good diversity, decent schools, lots of amenities and VERY walkable.

 

Nesuberban, are you looking to rent or buy? A suggestion: rent first. You may and probably will eventually find something else in the metro area you like more than the first place you land. You will find rental and for-sale homes in the area I mentioned, with large singles, doubles, triples and even a few quads. There is a lot of streetlife and amenities in this area, including 24-hour bus service on Detroit that connects to the Rapid at West Boulevard, a movie theater, grocery store (including a 24-hour Giant Eagle), a sh!t-load of bars, coffee shops and restaurants, a new YMCA, a large library, a couple of city parks, Beck Center for the Arts and lots of shops of all kinds.

^I often wonder about Lakewood neighborhoods when these threads pop up.  We are always specific as to other cities, identifying specific neighborhoods like Coventry, Cedar-Fairmount, Shaker Square, Tremont, OC, UC, etc., but Lakewood always just gets thrown out there as is, except for the Gold Coast.  The above post is the first I can remember that identifies an area.  I know there is a wealthier part of Lakewood (north of Lake Avenue, right?), but is the rest of Lakewood pretty much uniform?  Are there any areas to avoid?

HTs the reason that happens is besides Clifton Park (by the lake), the Goldcoast (highrises and old apartment builds) and Birdtown (old factory town in SE corner) the rest of Lakewood is very much a street by street experience. Depending on the mix of housing and the lot sizes the experience may be completely different. Plus the walkability is about the same because there are three main east to west streets where the businesses and transit are located and almost all of the housing is on the streets that run North to South. Most amenities are pretty equally distributed among the East to West streets.

 

 

I agree with CBC, and will say that I generally do not recommend birdtown to anyone, and also in a general way recommend that the further W you go away from the cleveland-lakewood border of w 117th, the less crime there is.  that's what I heard from the mouth of a lakewood cop, by the way. 

 

That's pretty accurate, CBC & RnR. Also the closer you get to the lake the less crime there is, whether you're in Cleveland or Lakewood.

 

I identify these areas within Lakewood:

 

> Downtown (centered at Detroit and Warren -- one of the few Cleveland suburbs that has a walkable central business district with large office buildings);

> Gold Coast (mostly the Edgwater/Lake Avenue area east of Nicholson to W. 117th);

> Birdtown (the area east of Madison Park and south of Madison Avenue to the tracks);

> Madison Village (a bar/shops district along Madison Avenue west of Madison Park to Bunts);

> West End (a bar/residential district on Detroit above the Rocky River valley);

> Clifton Park (Lakewood's wealthiest neighborhood in the northwest corner of the city).

 

But there's something very enjoyable about the area of Detroit Avenue west of downtown. It's a very active district of shops, cafes, restaurants and other amenities like the movie theater, YMCA, library, Beck Center and parks. If the rest of Greater Cleveland vanished, this is one district that could probably sustain itself by the density of the surrounding neighborhoods alone. Yet I don't think this district has a name.

Just hit my 25th anniversary as a Lakewoodite.

 

In general, going west and going north gets you better neighborhoods. Extreme northwest is Clifton Park, that and the streets that border the lake north of Clifton will have the most expensive homes. Birdtown is in the extreme southeast, and that will have the least expensive homes, and probably the most crime.

 

But there is a certain randomness to the north-south streets - you will have one street with larger homes and larger yards, and the next street west will be mostly cottages, and the one west of that will be doubles that are mostly rentals.

 

Instead of neighborhoods, groups tend to coalesce around their residential north-south street, with the block parties and other activities. So one will say that they live on Grace, or Elbur, or Manor Park, or Lakeland or Arthur, rather than a neighborhood.

Just hit my 25th anniversary as a Lakewoodite.

 

 

Congrats! I've lived in The 'Wood 14 years.

 

Instead of neighborhoods, groups tend to coalesce around their residential north-south street, with the block parties and other activities. So one will say that they live on Grace, or Elbur, or Manor Park, or Lakeland or Arthur, rather than a neighborhood.

 

Very true, especially for those living on the north-south streets. I tell people I live just off the Gold Coast on the Bronze Coast (Edgewater = Gold, Lake = Silver, Clifton = Bronze).....