How many people hate living in Northeast Ohio as much as me?

Sweetie trust me I hate it more than you do. I love what you wrote. You made some great points. I have lived in many places but Northeast OH. takes the gag cake! I agree Cleveland has enough to do on a 4 day vacation...maybe.

People here care more about sports than just about anything. I have come to the conclussion that must be all they really have. Yes I as well have a business that caters to the sports industry. Thank Goodness I can at least make money from these Cleveland Fans. I will never understand why they think they are a suburb of Columbus. This hero worship of the Scarlet and Gray is sickening. Maybe it is the lack of sun!

Maybe they just do not get enough sun here.

They also procrastinate with everthing. I love the Rock Hall and I think it sucks that the induction ceremony is not here...Now what does that say...The Rock Hall is here but all the festivities are in New York. Oh yes there will be NE OHIO lovers who will rant and rave and state 10 reasons why Cleveland Rocks! If Cleveland Rocked Halle Berry would be the weather girl and Drew Carey would own the Indians!!

God forbid the Sports bandwagon of Cleveland interferes with your life. They are all over the sports but God help them...When one of the Cleveland teams lose they never mention the loss. They live and die by how the team of the season is doing. Curse or no curse who cares.

Suburbanites will tell you Cleveland Rocks but they refuse to live there. They live in Solon or Westlake but never Cleveland.

I saw a youtube video about Asteve Thomas. It is so sad to see the distruction hey but Ohio State is going to a BSU title game, the Indians are in the Playoffs, the Browns have improved to win more games then the Bengals and well as long as Cleveland has Lebron they will win. This is a pathetic nast mean deplorable place. Some descriptives of Cleveland

Nasty, Rude, Pathetic,sports obsessed, unkind, I could go on......Have a good one and please know I hear you!

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Overall, the city has an inferiority complex; it's truly the land of mediocrity. The residents have come to expect second (or third) best and for whatever reason, that's okay with them. But allow me to be specific: the traffic is awful -- I haven't seen this much gridlock since I left NYC -- and lots of bad drivers. The condition of the roads is terrible -- it's pothole central! There are places where it seems like you're driving on the surface of the moon. The weather is crappy (save for a few short months) and things are so spread out geographically, nothing is convenient. This is the only city I've ever seen that squandered it's waterfront district. There is a huge stadium (that gets used maybe 20 times a year?) sticking up like a big ugly wart on the lakefront. As a matter of fact, all of the sports facilities are in the downtown area which only further complicates the traffic problem. Seeing as there is a lot of land in Cuyahoga County, it would have been so easy to plunk any of these down in a field where traffic and parking wouldn't be an issue. There may be good healthcare, a world class symphony and art museum, but it's not enough to cover the other ugly blemishes. There is abject poverty and parts of town you don't want to drive through. As of today, there have been 92 murders and with three more months to go this year, we are on target to beat last year's record. Cleveland does not rock.

Sounds like a bad case of cabin fever. You mention a lot of really good things in Cleveland. But yeah it can get old after a while. Look on the bright side.

-In a few more weeks we will be done with the worst of the winter, February is always the worst month of the year.

-The art museum is doing a huge expansion, so their will be something new to do really soon.

As far as the economy, well you said you grew up here so you know, it's a rust belt city and it's going to take the administration a lot of time and hard work to pull the city out of it's slump.

If I were you and you can afford it, why don't you take the family on a vacation to somewhere warmer next year. Just getting away for a long weekend in the winter can really help you get through it. Can't do it myself but I wish I could.

A few more weeks my friend.

I've lived in Cleveland for 7 years and love it...but this is coming from someone who grew up in a podunk farming village with a population of about 6,000...and if you were a single gal your only options were to hang out in bars 7 months out of 12 and the other 5 you had the choice to hang out in bars or visit THE COUNTY FAIR to meet guys. Not so cool. The weather sucks everywhere in Ohio, trust me. At least in Cleveland, when bad weather hits, the roads get plowed and salted more than ONCE A WEEK. And if you want to visit cool places (like the Rock Hall, Tower City, Science Center, Metroparks, Botanical Garden, Zoo, Cedar Point, any one of X# of nightclubs in Downtown) with your kids/family/friends you don't have to drive 2-3 hours to get to one. Plus during spring, summer, and fall you're close enough to the lake that you can go boating, kayaking, fishing, swimming (if you dare! :-D ). I think there is plenty of stuff to do around here...I'm never bored. But the winter IS long, and dreary, and gloomy...

You sound depressed. You may have that seasonal depression from not seeing the sun in three months.

I have lived in the Cleveland area for seven years and love it here. That said, I grew up in Toledo and I do NOT want to ever live in Toledo again. I also lived in Michigan for a few years. I'm the kind of person that likes to experience new things so the thought of living one place all my life is not pleasing. I think you have to decide that you're going to be happy despite your circumstances. Happiness is a choice. Do you have any hobbies? You can go around being bitter that you feel you have to stay in a place that you don't like because of your business and uprooting your children or you can look for other people similar to you or if you're not a people person other activities. Do you like photography? Carpentry? Building model airplanes? Fish - try keeping some aquariums? Do you play a musical instrument or want to learn to? Maybe take a class that you've always wanted to? Learn a new language? Study martial arts? Astronomy?

I hope that you are only feeling depressed because of the long winter and will snap out of it soon. I think northeast Ohio is a great place to live. The cost of living is low. The traffic isn't horrible. I would rather put up with the winter weather than hurricanes, earthquakes or live in the tornado belt.

Best of luck to you in finding happiness.

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Thank you

You put it in such a way i never couldve...me being a woman and all but still it was great.

Sorry your so bummed but you are right this "city" does suck ive lived here 35 years and truth be told its all pretty much alcoholics and sports bums. Not that theres anything wrong with that ...for them anyway. I desire more out of life, and it certainly isnt in Cleveland. The winters arent so bad if you dont mind being out in the freezing bitter biting cold sure.

The summers are wonderful if you like walking around breathing through a hot wet sponge. Whats not to like? LOL

Take heart my freind you have out of state investments and will be able to escape...keep on planning, and do you have room in your suitcase for me?

It took me four days to hitch hike to Saginaw, Ohio ...

wow...have you ever visited the wonderful things like the Cuyahoga Valley National Park? They don't have a bar there. Ok, the WInking Lizard in Peninsula. And the greatest Metroparks! What about water sports at the lake? The Art Museum, The Natural History Museum, Health Museum??? Have you taken some classes at any of the colleges we have here, or gone antique shopping down Lorain? And how about Cedar Point??!?!

I've lived in other places, and yes, it's dang cold here right now, but guess what, at least I can afford to live here!

Yep, the schools suck, but as a parent, you're half of their formal education anyway - I've seen stupid kids who have gone to the best schools. My daughter graduated from Rhodes with high honors and 24 college credits before she even graduated HS...it's what you make of it!

Yeah where is this global warming we have been hearing so much about?? Cleveland isnt the greatest but go to Buffalo, Detroit, or Pittsburg, you'll be missing Cleveland in no time. But sounds like you need some couch time with a good DR. Come on dude, when life give you lemons make some lemon-aid.