I am a Registered Nurse and I plan to relocate to Cleveland. I see that housing is affordable in Cleveland. I need your recommendation on Cleveland and its suburbs.
2007-10-03 03:46:31 · 12 answers · asked by alexandredz 3 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Cleveland
Do you like walking, biking and the outdoors? If so, you should study the Metroparks system, and the copycat park systems in surrounding counties, before you make your housing selection. It's not hard in Greater Cleveland to live within a short distance, even a short walk, of an enjoyable park, public golf course, beach, bike/walking/skiing trails, etc.
http://www.clemetparks.com/
Cleveland's "Emerald Necklace" is one of its best and most unique features. Clevelanders don't appreciate how superb their park system is compared to most metropolitan areas. Clevelanders owe a great debt to the wisdom of their ancestors who preserved such a large part of our area's natural beauty.
Brecksville is located next to one of the best of the Cleveland Metroparks IMO, especially if you're a golfer.
If you like water, and want a place to park yourself for a year or so while you learn the city, consider Lakewood or possibly Euclid. Both cities offer lakefront condos and rentals at unbelievably low prices, but obviously you might just want to rent while getting your bearings. Lakewood is more upscale, but Euclid, although in decline, offers superb city services and amenities (Sims Park on Lakeshore), excellent transportation access, and very low cost living options. "The Cabin," just east of Euclid on Lakeshore is one of the more enjoyable restaurants in Cleveland IMO, but Euclid offers little cultural life compared to Lakewood. If you like Italian, be certain to dine at "Maria's" in Lakewood:
http://lakewoodbuzz.com/Restaurants/SyndieMariasReview.html
Bratenahl is another lakefront living option, minutes from downtown. It is more expensive, but merits a drive along Lakeshore as you orient yourself to Cleveland. It once was home to some of the most wealthy families in America.
If you are a Bohemian, and will be working in the University Circle area, at least check out Little Italy. It's one of the most charming areas of Cleveland, and especially enchanting during the summer. You would have a short commute and easy access to Cleveland's superb cultural jewels.
Lake County, just east of Cleveland, offers some very unique living options, especially if you like horses. Kirtland is one of my favorite places in Greater Cleveland, greatly because of its easy access to Holden Arboretum, one of the largest arboreta in the country, and some superb Lake Metroparks. If you don't know what a sugar bush is, be certain to attend Holden's annual spring pancake breakfast.
http://holdenarb.org/index.htm
http://www.lakemetroparks.com/
Mentor, next to Kirtland, is one of Greater Cleveland's shopping meccas, and also offers good schools, many amenities and housing options. Mentor Headlands Beach State Park is a very good freshwater beach:
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/742/default.aspx
If you plan to work south of Cleveland, don't forget that Cleveland has its own National Park, a "must visit" for any biker!
http://www.nps.gov/cuva/
http://www.nps.gov/archive/cuva/planavisit/maps/index.htm
Once you decide where you will work, you should post again. While Cleveland's transportation system is relatively congestion free compared with other cities, there are some bottlenecks that might influence your housing decision.
The other posts here largely are accurate. I just wanted to emphasize what I would consider given my immense enjoyment of Cleveland's parks and realizing that park systems elsewhere in the country are so relatively deficient that someone moving to Cleveland might not consider this aspect of our community.
Good luck and I hope you enjoy Greater Cleveland and northern Ohio!
P.S. Because some here have mentioned Cedar Point, if you are a naturalist or love beaches, head east to Presque Isle in Pennsylvania. I love Cedar Point, and it probably would resemble Presque Isle if the world's greatest roller coaster park wasn't built on top of it! Most Clevelanders have been to Cedar Point, many fewer to Presque Isle.
http://www.presqueisle.org/
2007-10-03 23:04:04 · answer #1 · answered by seeking answers 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You are gonna LOVE Cleveland! I am from New York City originally and when my husband got transferred here, I was in MAJOR depression. Then.........I fell in love with the city! I live in Berea, a great little college town but there are so many great communities. I would wait until you know where you will be working and then decide. No one likes a long commute!
However, if you'll be working at The Cleveland Clinic, living downtown is pretty hot for young people! Extremely affordable living for a upscale life style!
2007-10-04 22:25:58 · answer #2 · answered by jersey girl in exile 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow...You hit the motherload. RN jobs are plentiful in Cleveland and most are offering huge sign on bonuses. Some of the best hospitals in the world too...Cleveland Clinic, University Hospital.
There are many really nice suburbs around Cleveland. Lakewood, Berea, Brecksville, Broadview Hts, Independence, to name a few. Aviod the SE suburbs....Maple, Garfield, Bedford, Warrensville....their time has come and gone.
Cleveland truly is a wonderful place to live. with the Cavs, Indians and Browns (yes, Browns) all doing well, the energy level is high. Besides, where else in the USA can you have both the heater AND the air conditioner running in the SAME day?
2007-10-03 11:31:00 · answer #3 · answered by LEO53 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Hmm. Cleveland is a good city to live in...as long as you can find work. We have affordable housing (though predatory lending has caused many to lose houses), great art museums, zoo, sports teams, many colleges/universities, lots of opportunities for shopping (from upscale at Legacy Village, Beachwood Mall, Crocker Park, to veggies at Westside Market) and tons of restaurants. Are you planning on renting/owning? Have kids or no? I live in Cleveland in a cute, super quiet neighborhood but there are very few kids here...because of the schools. Once kids arrive, it seems the parents move to Twinsburg or Solon. In my social group, I'm the only one to live in Cleveland proper. Are you more interested in the suburbs? Keep in mind that most people live in one suburb and often work in another. Main highways are I-480, I-77, I-271, I-71 and 90. I am near junction of two of these so I can quickly head N/S or W/E. Some suburbs have high tax rates--of course, these tend to have nicer schools. Since we bought our house in Cleveland, we qualified for special loan...purely based on our zip code...the house next to us just sold for over $325,000!
2007-10-04 00:17:41 · answer #4 · answered by birdchirp 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Cleveland is a good city one of the best things about the city not only does it have affordable living but we have great things for people to do.
If you live in Lakewood
there are many live music venues
great restaurants that stay open late
great neighborhood for walking and exercising
Great vintage shops
Lakewood park (great view of the lake and city)
Winchester: Live music venue good blues acoustic
Angelo's pizza: best pizza in cleveland hands down
Friend's: 24 hour restaurant
Rocky River Recreation: Beautiful scenerary
Cleveland public theatre: plays/dance showcases
Melts: Greatest place to get grilled cheese sandwiches
Cleveland Heights: Good diverse hip enviroment great suburb
Cedar cinema: Shows independent films
coventry: great apartments has urban diverse feeling
great restaurants
Tommy's
Grumbs: Great cornbeef deli sandwiches
Grog shop: live music
B-side: live music/open mic/DJ dance
a lot things to do for young professionals in these two locations
2007-10-03 15:25:26 · answer #5 · answered by tierra n 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There is so much that the other people said!!! There is so much to do here! I personally think that Lakewood/Rocky River are really good cities to live in! I really like Lakewood because you have little shops all over, then you have people out and about and biking around. Also it is known as Ohio's Bar capital. If you are looking for a more suburbian town, right across the bridge is Rocky River. This is a really nice town. They are having a lot of new developement lately, so that is really nice. They are currently building a huge shopping complex taking place of the mall they used to have.
2007-10-04 15:55:22 · answer #6 · answered by samtheman 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, its a nice place, I don't know about great. As far as best area, if you are going to work for one of the hospitals in the city of Cleveland, like Cleveland Clinic Main Campus or University Hospital Main campus then I would suggest living in Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights, or University Heights, they are very nice suburbs that are close to those hospitals (Cleve. Hts. is the closest to both of them). As far as living in the city of Cleveland, well, you have pockets of very nice quiet neighborhoods and then you have places that you don't go to after dark. It's just a matter of research. The city is under a lot of construction, so we'll have to wait and see which new neighborhoods that spring up that may be worth moving to. Good luck on your search.
2007-10-03 11:28:05 · answer #7 · answered by Miss 6 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
I loved living in Cleveland but couldnt talk to my finance' into living there so we moved. I loved it so much because there was so much to do and yet it was close enough to go back and visit family in Pa. I used to live in North Olmsted which is a nice area and so is Strongsville.
2007-10-04 00:03:32 · answer #8 · answered by KDW25 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Never been there myself, but I know a catchy tune from the Drew Carey show!!
Ahhhhhh . . .
All this energy calling me, back where it comes from
It’s such a crude attitude it’s back where it belongs.
All the little chicks with the crimson lips go, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks.
Livin’ in sin, with a safety pin, go, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks.
Cleveland Rocks,Cleveland Rocks, Ohio!
Probably not much help, sorry :)
2007-10-03 10:59:57 · answer #9 · answered by danigirl 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
ive lived in parma (suburb of cleveland) for 9 years and now in broadview hts for less than 1 year now and i can truely say that i love cleveland...there is alot to do like go downtown on weekends and go watch a show, go shopping, or go to a cavs game or browns or indians game. theres alot of malls to go to in the suburbs and you cant forget CEDAR POINT!! also, there are alot of places to find work at too. so good luck!!!
2007-10-03 11:20:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋