Relocation - Need Apartment Location & Recommendation.

 

I may be moving warrensville height ohio.

I am 34 and will be staying with my wife. Looking for apartment recommandation in about 15-20 miles drive (one way) distance from warrensville height ohio.

Looking for near by good Doctor & hospitals.

 

Appreciate your help.

I live in Shaker Heights and would strongly recommend it to anyone, especially if you are working in Warrensville. There are several nice buildings in Shaker by the intersection of Van Aken and Warrensville Center Road. Also a new mixed use development is under construction right across from those buildings so you will be able to walk to bars, restaurants and shops. There is a UH hospital a few miles away in baseball. Good luck!

Welcome to the site. Westlake and Broadview are very nice but NO WAY are they 20 minutes to Warrensville Heights. Shaker is your best bet, very close to University Hospitals and the Cleveland Clinic.

Thanks a lot jmc8651 & rockandroller for your suggestion.

 

I prefer suburb area, is Shaker Heights suburb. I meant to say I can travel 18-20 miles from Warrensville height.

I have also fear on Crimes, as I had some bad experience in past. Which place will be safer ?

 

As I am from Southern California and Asian. We used to eat lot of fresh & live fishes. Do you have any Asian Grocery stores near Cleveland & surroundings?

 

Advance thanking and appreciate your help.

We have a bunch of asian grocery stores. There is an Asiatown section of town with several Chinese groceries. Tink Holl is one of the local favorites, as is Park to Shop, but there are many to choose from.

 

If you're from southern california, I don't think any crime here is going to seem particularly bad. Shaker is a suburb.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Clair-Superior

Thanks rockandroller

I also live in Shaker.  Ive always been a west sider (you wont understand the chasm there...but its significant).  And i moved to shaker last year.  Its great. You can be downtown in 25 minutes by car or train.  The apartments on Van Aken are all along a train route that you can walk to.  The more Northeast you go in Shaker, the quieter the neighborhoods are.  Crime is mostly petty (car break ins) but does exist. Its not enough to be a deterrent.  Dont leave valuables in a car if you are parking in an outdoor space and you have nothing to worry about.

 

Asiatown is loaded with markets and restaurants you probably you would never imagine existed in Cleveland. Lots of great things and some of the best Asian food you can get anywhere in the country, IMO.  You can also get fresh fish at the Westside Market (classic seafoods or Kates Fish)

 

Good Luck

Thanks BelievelandD1 for your suggestion.

Do you have any inputs on Solon or westlake

The Solon/Aurora area has a pretty sizable Asian population and good school districts if that is important to you. However you will have to drive absolutely everywhere if you live out there, whereas Shaker Heights definitely feels suburban with larger houses with large yards but it is still possible to walk places or take the train downtown. I have a feeling that it's going to be harder to find a place to rent in Solon as well, as it's mostly owner-occupied houses out there. Shaker is definitely more rental-friendly. If I were you I probably wouldn't even look at Westlake, it's essentially exactly the same type of place as Solon (newer houses on cul-de-sacs, having to drive everywhere) but further from Warrensville Heights - 30 minutes or more commute-wise.

 

I echo everyone's sentiments about AsiaTown - it's not as large as, say, Chicago's Chinatown, but it isn't at all "touristy" and has everything you'd probably need in terms of specialty ingredients/live fish/etc.

Thanks BelievelandD1 for your suggestion.

Do you have any inputs on Solon or westlake

 

Nice places to raise a family. Very cookie cutter and vanilla. Not necessarily for me but others dig it

Thanks BelievelandD1 & BigDipper 80.

 

Any opinion on Parma area?

There is also Beachwood, Lyndhurst, Mayfield, all the way up to Willoughby. They are all nice suburbs and very safe.

 

Westlake is a great suburb, but with traffic would be far (although being from SoCal you'll probably laugh at what we call traffic).

Thanks BelievelandD1 & BigDipper 80.

 

Any opinion on Parma area?

 

Parma is a good suburban but somewhat bland. It also has very little food/restaurant/grocery options that would satisfy Asian tastes. It is geared more toward Polish/Ukrainian/Slavic tastes.

 

Shaker and Beachwood may have more of what you're looking for in terms of restaurants/groceries. There are also many Asian students who attend Case Western Reserve University and live in the University Circle/Little Italy area (it's not so Italian anymore). But it is a relatively safe urban area. It is definitely not suburban. Beachwood and Shaker are suburban -- especially Beachwood.

Thanks a ton KJP & Enginerd for your time and inputs

As a former Parma resident, I would advise Solon for the diversity, safety, and proximity to Warrensville aspects. If you are looking to be closer to the city Shaker is an option but that comes with the pros and cons.

Commuting from anywhere on the west side may be difficult, though not by California standards.  For a consistent 20 minute drive you need to be east, near Warrensville.  Solon and Mayfield both sound like what you're looking for.  Personally I love Shaker.  It is older and has urban and suburban aspects.

As a former Parma resident, I would advise Solon for the diversity, safety, and proximity to Warrensville aspects. If you are looking to be closer to the city Shaker is an option but that comes with the pros and cons.

 

So does Solon. I lived next door in Bainbridge for 15 years. I would have preferred to live in Shaker. Solon is more boring to me than Parma and far less walkable.

Thanks all for helping me out. I really appreciate.

Any apartments do you want to recommend in Solon and Shakers.

Thanks all for helping me out. I really appreciate.

Any apartments do you want to recommend in Solon and Shakers.

 

Don't know about specific buildings, but my suggestion is to avoid properties owned/managed by AIY and Montlack.

I am living 45 miles south from Los Angeles. Here to travel 20 miles in weekdays take about 50+ minutes between 8-10am and 5-7pm. And rest of the time it's 30+ minutes

 

Weather in Cleveland is rainy (snow in winter) compare to LA/Orange County, what I found. Having said that can you share your thoughts about traveling towards Warrensville Heights from Parma or Parma Heights during office hours.

 

With rain and snow is it a good idea to stay 18-20 miles away from work.

 

Appreciate your help & time..

Parma / Parma Heights is very affordable, but I don't think it will be what you are looking for outside of that. I agree with the Shaker Heights comments, as in I think it'll be an easy commute, great community, affordable, and great location.

I am living 45 miles south from Los Angeles. Here to travel 20 miles in weekdays take about 50+ minutes between 8-10am and 5-7pm. And rest of the time it's 30+ minutes

 

Weather in Cleveland is rainy (snow in winter) compare to LA/Orange County, what I found. Having said that can you share your thoughts about traveling towards Warrensville Heights from Parma or Parma Heights during office hours.

 

With rain and snow is it a good idea to stay 18-20 miles away from work.

 

Appreciate your help & time..

 

Honestly,  I would save your time on some of these suburbs.  What do you like about a community? Is authenticity important? Walkability? Bikeability? Parma is a very old population. Not a lot of 34 year olds move there. It's not a bad place, but if you are from soCal, I don't think of SoCal when I think of Parma.  If you  want something unique and will be enjoyable to look at every day, Shaker Heights or Cleveland Heights are probably your best bets. Energy, tall trees, beautiful homes, parks with trails, good food

I live next to Parma and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone coming here to relocate. What Believeland said is right. It's a lot of really old, small housing stock, not walkable at all, a lot of elderly people and nothing to do. You would have to drive to go EVERYWHERE, even a corner store. There's nothing to look at but other houses. I'm generalizing, but seriously, I wouldn't live in parma if you gave me a house there for free.

I don't know your budget or how long you will be here. But if I were in your situation, this is what I would do:  get an apartment in the shaker or cleveland heights area and see if u like it. If you do, then there will be a new stock of brand new market rate apartments opening at Van aken and Farnsliegh next spring with tons of food, drink, etc. so if the older high character units aren't cutting it for you, you can get in a more modern unit.  If you hate the area, then you can look elsewhere

 

Edit:  also if you are looking for something very close and relatively new, the Vue in Beachwood is not far from the shaker/warrensville borders.  It's a pretty solid complex.  The apartments in shaker proper are a lot of older building, well maintained but older.  You can also rent a house in shaker if you look

bobkodi16, give us a couple of areas in LA you like a lot. We'll try to find something close to a Cleveland equivalent. Obviously there are serious differences between LA and Cleveland and there just isn't going to be an exact comparison. But many of us know the land uses, cultures and styles of LA communities, so we should be able to find something in a Cleveland community that has what you liked in LA. If you liked Wilshire Boulevard, we'd send you to Beachwood. If you liked Santa Monica, we'd send you to Edgewater. If you liked Fullerton, we'd send you to Independence or Brecksville. And if you liked Pasadena, we'd send you to Shaker Heights.

KJP is spot on with his suggestion. Many of us have traveled there extensively and some, including me, briefly lived there (I lived in Beverly Hills).

Thanks all & really appreciate your response/time.

 

Basically I also made Shaker Heights as first choice. But also thinking about alternative options, as my wife likes quite places in suburb with some nearby greenery walk/trail.

 

I recently moved to Irvine in southern California. Apartments are very expensive here in Irvine, for one bedroom now I am paying 1900 per month. I used to live in Tustin (Southern California) 6 mile north from Irvine with 1500 per month in one bedroom. We like greenery in quite place, some trail. In Irvine, medical hospitals are also good. In Irvine, the apartment is huge and inside (or near by) there are (regional and ) park to walk around.

 

I travel almost 15 miles towards Anaheim (where Disneyland is) to get fresh & reasonable priced grocery from a Persian Store every other weekend. And that's fine for us.

 

Any suggestion on my previous question about driving experience in Cleveland... With rain and snow is it a good idea to stay 18-20 miles away from work.

 

 

Advance thanking for your time & help

 

Any suggestion on my previous question about driving experience in Cleveland... With rain and snow is it a good idea to stay 18-20 miles away from work.

 

 

Advance thanking for your time & help

 

if you live that far from work in the winter, you will dislike Cleveland more than if you lived closer.  The commute during winter will make you mad.  Rain is not really an issue around here. People deal with it.

If you like the parks (both in Shaker and close to Cuyahoga Valley National Park), proximity to hospital, work, and the city, while also having safety and cool neighborhood Shaker is the way to go.

Clevelanders don't travel that far for work, which is one of the reasons why our traffic is so much less than many other cities. In fact, the average commute distance in Greater Cleveland is just 8 miles each way. Driving in rain is common in Cleveland, and we often drive in heavy snow. The world doesn't stop if we get a few inches of snow. Life goes on, albeit slower. And Believeland is right. If you live 18-20 miles from work and drive in winter, you will learn to hate Cleveland very quickly.

 

Shaker has many parks, small lakes and is a very leafy suburb. It is a great walking suburb, although you can't walk to many stores. It is heavily residential. The exception is areas near Warrensville. And Shaker has many older apartments that need upgrading. Newer apartments are getting built near the train line along Van Aken east of Lee to around Warrensville. New apartments are available in Beachwood, including at Chagrin/Green and over near I-271.

So Parma, Ohio's seventh largest city has been taking some shots in this thread, unwarranted in my opinion.  Parma is one of the inner ring suburbs I root for.  Much like Cleveland it gets a bad rap mostly due to ignorance I suppose.  Although probably out of range for this posters needs it is alive and well.

And apparently I am not the only one who thinks so.

Parma ranked third on list of 'Overlooked Dream Cities'

 

http://www.cleveland.com/parma/index.ssf/2017/03/parma_ranked_third_on_list_of.html

There actually is an Asian grocery store which I believe is on Miles Rd in Warrensville Hts. I just drove by it the other week and was surprised to find it there. Someone else might know better about exact location.

 

EDIT - it is actually in North Randall (very close to Warrensville Hts) - https://foursquare.com/v/cam-asia-supermarket/4d25d953bcc1224bc168941b

Parma may not be as walkable as other places, but its a safe and affordable community, and certainly not any less boring than Solon which is also not very walkable. Parma does indeed have diversity. In addition to an Eastern European vibe, it also has one the best Indian restaurants in Cleveland (around W130 & Pearl), and has the largest Hindu temple in Cleveland AND the largest mosque in Cleveland. 

 

If the poster wants to remain east, I'd say Shaker Hts or Cleveland Hts; or somewhere in University Circle though for UC--schools should be researched.

Parma may not be as walkable as other places, but its a safe and affordable community, and certainly not any less boring than Solon which is also not very walkable. Parma does indeed have diversity. In addition to an Eastern European vibe, it also has one the best Indian restaurants in Cleveland (around W130 & Pearl), and has the largest Hindu temple in Cleveland AND the largest mosque in Cleveland. 

 

Slight correction -- those are located in Parma Heights.

Check out Chagrin Falls. You can find smaller houses to rent but they also have affordable but nice apartments to rent. Great downtown village, no crime.

^ Every community has crime: http://www.cleveland.com/chagrin-valley/index.ssf/2014/11/solon_chagrin_falls_saw_increa.html

^ Every community has crime: http://www.cleveland.com/chagrin-valley/index.ssf/2014/11/solon_chagrin_falls_saw_increa.html

 

Way to take things literally...

^ Every community has crime: http://www.cleveland.com/chagrin-valley/index.ssf/2014/11/solon_chagrin_falls_saw_increa.html

 

Way to take things literally...

 

The OP might not know if you were being literally or not. Chill..

Slight correction -- those are located in Parma Heights.

 

First of all, there's no real difference between the two. But even if there is, yes, the restaurant at Pearl & W130 is parma hts (unless its in Middleburg, depending which side of 130 its own, but everyone says--'go to that place in Parma....'), but the mosque and the temple are both in the City of Parma, not parma hts.