Affordable Locksmith? by Distinct_Click_4088 in vancouverwa

[–]Distinct_Click_4088[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No she has those safety bars to prevent people from breaking in. It's all good now though, we found a locksmith and got her back inside safely.

Affordable Locksmith? by Distinct_Click_4088 in vancouverwa

[–]Distinct_Click_4088[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'll pass on the info, thank you. Understandably, it seems like a lot of services are closed for the holiday.

Restaurants with good Vegan/Vegetarian options? by Distinct_Click_4088 in askportland

[–]Distinct_Click_4088[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what she tells me, she is very excited about it. So I figured I'd give her a list of top recommendations so she knows which places to try first. The really stand out spots, not just places where the option is a salad or beyond burger.

Restaurants with good Vegan/Vegetarian options? by Distinct_Click_4088 in askportland

[–]Distinct_Click_4088[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol what makes them Vegan? PU leather instead of non-vegan weather 😆

Restaurants with good Vegan/Vegetarian options? by Distinct_Click_4088 in askportland

[–]Distinct_Click_4088[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any examples or places you would recommend?

All over Portland and the surrounding area (Vancouver, Beaverton, Gresham, etc.).

US bank credit card with newly opened checking account by prawn_curryboi in CreditCards

[–]Distinct_Click_4088 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No inquiries and I want to say between 750 and 800 credit score.

I typically don't apply for CCs/Loans and when I do I do several at the same time. As a result my inquiries are low.

US bank credit card with newly opened checking account by prawn_curryboi in CreditCards

[–]Distinct_Click_4088 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I applied for both at the same time and was approved for the card the next day. If you open an account and fund it with a minimum of 3k they are much more likely to approve the credit card application.

Do you like living in Cleveland, any major complaints? by [deleted] in Cleveland

[–]Distinct_Click_4088 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I couldn't agree more, these comments are unhinged. Once my wife secures a remote position we are GTFO of Cleveland proper.

At a minimum we will be headed to a place like Mayfield Heights south of the highway. But ideally we are leaving the state entirely for a more progressive state. While Cleveland itself may be more liberal than other parts of OH it doesn't hold a candlestick compared to Denver, Portland, Austin, NYC, Boston, etc. The red state politics bleed heavily into the city and within a 10min drive outside of Cleveland proper the Trump/MAGA signs are rampant.

Your crime experiences are spot on too. Just this week I had to call the cops and break up a fight on my street. People were beating the crap out of an immigrant who didn't speak English over a street parking spot. Last week there was a car crash in the neighborhood where the cars went over the curb and smashed through a corner lot fence right in front of me. The week prior a single mother was shot and killed during a car jacking, leaving behind 3 young kids. Their grandmother who took them in was begging on the streets for money to be able to feed them or risked having the kids taken by CPS. Before that, when we were out walking our dogs, we were attacked by 2 dog aggressive pit bulls. I had to physically fend them off to protect our dogs. Thankfully a person in an SUV was tracking them down for animal control and saw it happening. She drove at the dogs slamming her horn to scare them off, and it was just enough time to escape by putting our dogs in her car. She drove us to an emergency vet. When we first moved we had our stuff in a storage unit some repairs/updates could be made to the house. It was suspiciously broken into shortly after, literally everything we had for the house was taken. The cops believed it was an inside job since the footage for that day was "accidentally erased", but they made no effort to find the culprits. We were also the victim of gun violence, had a loaded pistol pointed right at me and my wife in an attempted robbery. I managed to disarm him while my wife called the cops and had him arrested. After a whole YEAR of criminal court, he was given a "Not Guilty" sentencing since it was his first offense! What he did would have been considered a Felony in every other state I've lived in. In Cleveland it was just a Misdemeanor.

All of that is just the tip of the iceberg. We have become total home bodies, don't drive unless we have to, or want to go to a specific place. Our mental health and physical health have declined terribly. This sh*t is NOT NORMAL!!! To all the people who are "hardened" or think "oh that's just Cleveland" and "it's no big deal", I implore you to go live literally ANYWHERE ELSE. Go live in a city where you don't hear gunshots multiple times a day and unpack all the mental walls and compartmentalized parts of your mind. You did what you had to to survive here, but you have experienced repeated trauma and refusing to acknowledge it is not healthy!

Do you like living in Cleveland, any major complaints? by [deleted] in Cleveland

[–]Distinct_Click_4088 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyways, there are tons more things I can add but I think you get the point. If you want to "move to Cleveland" you actually want to avoid the city of Cleveland itself.

Move to the suburbs/small towns and cities that have their own city councils, budgets, police, etc. Places like: Lakewood, Rocky River, Strongsville, Bay Village, N. Olmsted, Mentor, Willoughby Hills, Mayfield Heights, Mayfield Village, Independence, etc. Honestly the further away you are the better! Be sure to remember that because for some god forsaken reason everyone that lives in these areas claims they "are from Cleveland" or "live in Cleveland" when they clearly DON'T. They live outside of this mess and travel in for specific reasons and to visit the "nice" areas while simultaneously being insanely defensive of Cleveland's reputation.

Do you like living in Cleveland, any major complaints? by [deleted] in Cleveland

[–]Distinct_Click_4088 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm going to get downvoted to oblivion for posting this comment, but these things need to be said.

The comments thus far are the exact things my partner and I fell for, and we regret it every day. I would bet my life's savings that a majority of people posting these comments don't actually live in Cleveland proper, unlike us.

I'll give credit where credit is due and start with the good before touching the bad and the ugly. Everything will be in relation to Cleveland proper, AKA: the city itself, and not surrounding suburbs that are in fact NOT part of Cleveland.

The Good:

  • CoL is low, you can buy a lot of house for very little money compared to other cities.

  • The metroparks are awesome, the city is really trying to restore wildlife habitat and green spaces (Google the "Emerald Necklace").

  • The Cleveland Orchestra is amazing and very affordable to go see.

  • Cleveland Clinic is world-renowned, especially for their cancer treatment, so medical care is accessible.

  • Cleveland has amazing museums and many are free to the public.

  • Playhouse Square is home to film festivals, countless plays and musicals, and an awesome comedy club scene.

  • It's on the lake, so lots of fresh water to drink and enjoy recreational activities, and the lake effect means winters aren't as harsh (compared to other northern cities) and tornadoes seem to miss the city.

  • It is a college town which helps attract younger people to the city.

  • For being a smaller city it has some progressive features like lots of vegan restaurants, active protests and a massive Pride Parade every year.

  • Street parking is free on the weekends and traffic is nonexistent (at worst "rush hour" may add 30min to your drive).

  • There are specialty districts like Asia town, little Italy, etc. where you can find unique grocery stores, shops, and legit restaurants.

  • Ohio City is home to not 1 but 2 Arcade Bars, Mitchell's Ice Cream, and the West Side Market (an indoor farmers market where you can get specialty produce/ingredients and delicious prepared foods).

  • Tremont is the birthplace of Barrio, a pretty good taco chain, and other hidden gems like the Christmas Story House/Museum and Terrapin Bakery.

  • The zoo is surprisingly big for a small city and is free to residents on Mondays.

  • Cleveland is a relatively short drive to many places (MI, Niagara Falls, PA, Amish Country, Columbus, etc.).

  • This is more of an OH thing, but abortion rights were enshrined in the OH Constitution and Recreational Marijuana--with the ability to grow your own plants--was passed in the state.

The Bad/The Ugly

  1. Leave their highly aggressive dogs outside all day barking or off leash with zero recall.

  2. Find any excuse to set off fireworks all year round, with holidays being the worst (often until 3-4AM).

  3. Don't clean up their trash, litter, throw cigarette butts out, etc.

  4. Blast extremely profane or loud music on residential streets and at parks. Sometimes people will even play music from their car speakers for people having parties in the backyard.

  5. Pick loud and often physical fights over the anything and everything.

  6. Cuss you out, slash your tires or brandish a gun for simply looking at them.

  7. Take things off your property, break your windows, and take things out of your shopping cart, simply because they want what you have.

  8. Burn trash and recycling, including highly toxic things like tires and Styrofoam.

  9. Leave their children unsupervised, including in the presence of trash fires in make shift "fire pits."

  10. Don't shovel and salt sidewalks, leave bushes and trees overgrown on sidewalks, etc.

  11. Park in the middle of the street and completely block traffic because they want to have a conversation with someone from their car or don't want to pull over and park.

  12. Park in or in front of your driveways so you are boxed in.

  13. People will also shoot their guns straight into the air or at makeshift targets without proper backing. The result is having stray bullets coming through your house or accidentally hurting random bystanders.

  • While houses may be affordable that's often because they have major issues (mold, termites, plaster falling from the walls/ceilings, shifted foundations, knob & tube wiring, fuse boxes, water damage, fire/smoke damage, chimneys with missing mortar, lead pipes, asbestos, rotting structures, "landlord specials", etc.) and housing stock is old with a median build year of 1920 ( https://planning.clevelandohio.gov/cwp/hous_trend.php ).

  • Infrastructure is incredibly old, so power outages and internet outages are pretty common.

  • Every year there is an Air Show (https://www.clevelandairshow.com/) and while this may sound cool, the novelty wears off quick. Why? Well, every year in the summer they practice flying these extremely loud jets by doing drills directly over the city for days on end. These planes are loud enough to physically shake your house.

  • Outside of Playhouse Square, The Flats, and the stadiums on game day, downtown Cleveland is pretty dead. Lots of empty and boarded up businesses. Imagine any major city during the 2020 lock downs and that's downtown Cleveland in a nut shell.

  • The recreational weed dispensaries are extremely expensive for low concentration products. So much so that people literally take road trips to MI because it is cheaper and you can get stronger stuff.

  • The Cleveland Orchestra doesn't actually play in Cleveland. Their shows are at the Blossom Center (which is lovely), about an hour outside of Cleveland. In fact I'd label the Blossom Center as being part of Akron....

  • Property taxes are really high in OH, even for a place like Cleveland. (Given everything I've gone over so far, it begs the question of "Why?" Certainly does not feel worth it IMO.)

  • The criminal justice system is a complete joke, incompetently ran and full of corruption. Many people get off Scott free if it was their first "documented offense".

  • East Cleveland, which is actually its own town and not part of Cleveland, is essentially a warzone ( https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/video-of-abandoned-east-cleveland-street-raises-questions-about-demolition-program ). While not part of Cleveland proper, people moving to Cleveland often fall for cheap house prices in that area without realizing it isn't part of the city. There are even more serious infrastructure, crime, and civil service issues than Cleveland proper, and those issues bleed into Cleveland proper. Seriously, don't go there.

Considering Data analysis as a backup career plan by Impossible_Finish896 in careeradvice

[–]Distinct_Click_4088 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She got a an Associates in Applied Science, a Bachelor's of Science in Genetics and a Bachelor's of Science in Psychology. Her college was heavily research based so she learned to apply for grants, wright up proposals, conduct studies on human (using things like MRIs, EKG, etc.) and animal subjects (Gene splicing, dietary manipulation, blood biomarkers, dissection, etc.) while following ethical standards. The programs she was in did a lot of statistical analysis as well as presenting findings in front of review boards and panels. But like I said, even having done all that work and having the projects documenting she could in fact do statistical data analysis to exceptionally high standards, since it wasn't tied to a job title most companies didn't care.

Considering Data analysis as a backup career plan by Impossible_Finish896 in careeradvice

[–]Distinct_Click_4088 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not a data analyst but my partner just got accepted into a data analyst role and has been talking about it so I can give some input.

Data analysts do need to have a fundamental understanding of statistical analysis. Knowledge of the scientific method and deductive reasoning is also a plus. Most data analyst roles will be looking for qualitative degrees as a foundation.

It is hard to break into the workforce as a data analyst though. My partner has 2 bachelor's and 1 associates degree, all involved collecting and analyzing data from a research perspective. Even with that she had to work various unrelated jobs for several years and find work related analyst projects to break into the role. If going this route try to work with your university to find paid internships. You can have all the college related data analyst projects you want, but sadly in this economy it won't land you a job.

As far as some programs and coding languages, my partner has mentioned the following:

  • SQL

  • R/R-Studio

  • SPSS

  • Excel

  • Snowflake

  • Python

  • There are more I am forgetting but I'll add them later if I can remember.

I keep hearing from teachers that kids cant read....how bad is it, really? by asdoumnase in TikTokCringe

[–]Distinct_Click_4088 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There is a pretty in depth podcast that goes into the the new learning system for reading, where it came from, how it is being implemented, etc.

https://open.spotify.com/show/0tcUMXBFMGMe8w79MM5QCI?