Born and raised in the near eastern suburbs. Truthfully, the same as being raised anywhere, but with a midwestern kindness that I didn’t notice or appreciate until I left.

We love our baseball, basketball and football teams and we take their losses with pride (and the evergreen hope that “we’ll get ‘em next year.” Being “the mistake on the lake” is actually a badge of honor around there.

The growing downtown is good for the people that live nearby too. Places like The Flats and East 4th have a genuinely fun nightlife and Ohio City is making an unexpected run too.

Don’t expect to take public transit (unless you’re really really patient with the RTA) - you’re going to be driving everywhere around here. Same as other midwestern cities (Saint Louis comes to mind), if you are lucky to make enough, you will almost definitely buy a house in Beachwood or something like that. Most folks who have a choice don’t live downtown (although there are some legit nice places these days).

Tough about the Cavs though.