October 3, 201014 yr Leetonia's always been a little rough around the edges - nice shots of downtown, I'd forgotten what it looks like. I definitely remember the Dairy Queen - that always seemed like the "community center". Too bad you missed this house up on Walnut Street: http://www.pluggedincleveland.com/real_estate/view.cgi?num=222900 clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
October 4, 201014 yr Looks like a place stuck in time. That 1890's Queen Anne style Victorian mansion was a steal at $180k but I've found a fair number of such amazing houses in out-of-the-way small towns in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and southern New York. While I love such grand old homes and the prices are realistic, the temptation to move to a town like that is offset with the realization that business opportunities are pretty limited in such areas. Nice photos of a classic small downtown from a century ago without many modern intrusions.
October 4, 201014 yr I figured you would know Leetonia, Mayday. I am very sorry to have missed that great house.
October 4, 201014 yr Not a bad town. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 4, 201014 yr I spent an hour watching trains in Leetonia in 1987 (it had a manned switch tower back then, a holdover from when the Erie RR coal line from Lisbon to Niles crossed the busy Pennsylvania RR at-grade). Doesn't look like it's changed one bit in 23 years. Love that house, MayDay! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 4, 201014 yr Some very classy buildings in that little town. I'll bet it would have been a neat place in the fifties and sixties, when small towns had local downtown retail and business services. Looks like a place stuck in time. That 1890's Queen Anne style Victorian mansion was a steal at $180k ... While I love such grand old homes and the prices are realistic, the temptation to move to a town like that is offset with the realization that business opportunities are pretty limited in such areas. Nice photos of a classic small downtown from a century ago without many modern intrusions. True, one wouldn't be able to sustain a property like that with the money one could make going to a job locally. It's a beauty, and it takes constant attention to keep an old house with all that detail looking good and free of structural issues. I can see it for someone who has substantial income that doesn't require his/her going to an office or factory every day, or a retiree or retired couple with income from assets, a desire for small-town tranquility, and an inclination to putter.
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