I may be a little biased since this video -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmLA5TqbIY -- was my only impression of Cleveland before going, but I'd say the best way to describe the city is self-deprecating. At first Foster and I were impressed by some of its parks and architecture, but then we realized that the average Clevelander hates the city... and life.
For example, I quote this from a janitor in a mall when we unsuccessfully tried to find a bathroom: "Psh, man the bathrooms closed over an hour ago. Thanks for shopping in this ghetto ass mall in this ghetto city."
And I quote this from a guy we somehow met on the street: "I'm back in this dump because my mom died. There's absolutely nothing to do here. I hate this place. Have fun."
And then we saw a movie because there wasn't much else to do, and there was only one other person in the theater sitting alone when we walked in after the movie had already started. Anyway, we conclude that Cleveland definitely has some potential, but is unfortunately a sad sad city.
On a more positive note, Chicago was awesome! Deep dish pizza, the "L", blues bars... now that's a city I wouldn't mind spending more time in.
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I think Clevelanders hate Cleveland because they were just swept by the Mets and LeBron wants to go somewhere else.
ReplyDeleteGreat point. That was probably it.
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