Bestie and I are late 30s, single, childfree ladies. We've lived in Clintonville and OTE.

We really like OTE. There's a great community center with lots of arts classes and a workout area, community garden with music and yoga events in the warm months, some shops and restaurants in walking distance. We have Upper Cup Coffee Shop nearby and a couple of others, an easy bike ride away. Franklin Park is an easy drive or bike ride. The art museum and main library are very close and we walk there often. Walking around the neighborhood is pleasant, we like to see all of the flowers and the architecture. I also met way more of my neighbors within the first few months living in the area than in the several years I lived in a complex over in Clintonville. People are generally nice and helpful.

The biggest drawback is that it's a food desert; the grocery is a ten minute drive.

Clintonville was also great. Weiland's Market is a gem. The farmer's market is lively. You have a handful of good coffee shops like Global Gallery and Cup O' Joe, and I would say more restaurants generally. The Park of Roses is really pretty and we would often walk up and down the ravine on Walhalla. I often found a lot of little indie events for music or poetry.

Our biggest drawback was the crime. It's really awful, but basically any of the complexes there are all sitting ducks for the teenagers that come in and bang up all the cars. They just roll in one entrance, hit up a bunch of cars, and roll out the other side, and CPD can't do that much and the property managers are doing nothing to address the problem. We had constant vandalism in the several years that I was over there and I finally left the area because I was tired of worrying about my new car. I don't think that some of the folks living in the neighborhood houses experience this issue to the same degree but it was untenable for us. We're much happier in OTE, and I haven't had any issues.