December 10, 201014 yr What has changed in Solon that (now) makes it less desirable for you to live there? I would have thought the opposite as Solon at present is more appealing to me than it was 20 years ago. I still wouldn't want to live there, but that would be because of its distance from the core and the sprawl effect. That said, the schools are great, the diversity is excellent and the neighborhoods are relatively safe.
December 10, 201014 yr What has changed in Solon that (now) makes it less desirable for you to live there? I would have thought the opposite as Solon at present is more appealing to me than it was 20 years ago. I still wouldn't want to live there, but that would be because of its distance from the core and the sprawl effect. That said, the schools are great, the diversity is excellent and the neighborhoods are relatively safe. Last senetence, yes, agree. Solon was a small town when I grew up. The kids I went to grade school with were pretty much there through high school. I knew everyone in my class and most people a grade or two ahead of me...there's something to be said for that, IMO. I know at my reunion I spent way more time talking with people I went to elementary school with who I wasn't really friends with in high school than the people I was actually friends with in high school. Comparitively, we were in athletic conferences with Chagrin, Orange, Wickliffe, Kenston, Chardon, Twinsburg, and West Geauga. Kenston and Twinsburg have grown some, but for the most part those are still small D-III schools. Solon blew up over time. I know my graduating class was the last under 300 kids. Businesses moved there; the population doubled from the time I was born to the time I graduated High School. The small school I was in went to one of the largest in NE Ohio. The high school has expanded twice. There are now 4 elemetery schools instead of 2. The daytime population almost triples for people who are coming in for work. It's more transient as people move there specifically for the schools, and sometimes just for high school for either academics or athletics, then leave. I mean, it's only 20,000 people or so, which is the same size as Rocky River, but it has a much bigger feel than that. Rocky River doesn't have any fortune 500 companies in it. So it's no longer a small town, and I kind of like the small town feel (or least close knit community feel) but still a part of a larger city. Not sure if you would get that in Solon today. I don't think there's anything wrong with Solon today, it's just not what it was.
December 10, 201014 yr Edit: I moved this to its own thread http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,24995.new.html#new
December 13, 201014 yr "I don't understand this rival with east and west Cleveland." Generally anyone perpetuating a rivalry between east side/west side are well into their 40s and desperately clinging on to whatever little shred of fabricated myth they can to feel better about themselves, or "how much better things used to be." Makes me very happy to not be a native and tied to those throwback notions. As a native, I thank you for helping to debunk this myth...which is just a lot of phony bullsh!t. And those who subscribe to this are just as phony.
December 16, 201014 yr Welcome to The Wood!! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 16, 201014 yr Well, my mail is going there, I'm paying for the gas and electric there, I just have to move my bed in! Did you get my email?
December 16, 201014 yr Yes, check your e-mail. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 18, 201410 yr can I clear my vote? I lived in downtown Cincy and have moved to Louisville since this was first posted. lol
June 18, 201410 yr This should be an annual poll with the ability to compare each year, basically a census to track UO residency patterns.
June 19, 201410 yr I'm feeling nostalgic! You're still up in that Shaker colony near that abandoned steel mill, right?
June 19, 201410 yr I'm feeling nostalgic! You're still up in that Shaker colony near that abandoned steel mill, right?
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