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Old 12-20-2013, 02:54 PM
 
Location: Cleveland, OH
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Lakewood continues to get props. Thoughts?
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Old 12-20-2013, 03:04 PM
 
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Good for Lakewood, though calling places that are distinctly suburbs "small cities" is a little weird to me.
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Old 12-21-2013, 05:19 AM
 
Location: Ak-Rowdy, OH
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Good for Lakewood, though calling places that are distinctly suburbs "small cities" is a little weird to me.
In fairness to the article the criteria was cities between 50 and 60k, both standalone and suburbs. But it does seem uneven to have suburbs that are clearly extensions of the primary city ranked with university towns and small cities on their own. Apples to oranges in my opinion. People that are looking to live in Manhattan Kansas are probably not looking at Hoboken as an alternative, nor are many in Royal Oak looking at Lancaster.
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Old 12-21-2013, 08:06 PM
 
Location: Cleveland, OH USA / formerly Chicago for 20 years
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Good for Lakewood, though calling places that are distinctly suburbs "small cities" is a little weird to me.
Yes, Lakewood is a suburb, but it could also be considered a "satellite city" in the sense that it has its own well-defined downtown area plus a unique sense of identity -- it's not a "cookie cutter" place by any means. People in Lakewood consider it their "hometown", even to the point of telling people when they travel that they're "from Lakewood, Ohio" as opposed to "from Cleveland". Also, I once read a statistic that said that more Lakewood residents work in Lakewood than in downtown Cleveland. That in itself is very telling.

Lakewood is special, and not just another suburb.
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Old 12-23-2013, 08:42 AM
 
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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Totally disagree. It's a suburb, period.
North Olmsted has a "distinct downtown" as do most suburbs when you really look at it.
And any Lakewoodite that says he is from "Lakewood" while visiting California is a pretentious twit, if you ask me.
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Old 12-23-2013, 08:49 AM
 
Location: Cleveland and Columbus OH
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And any Lakewoodite that says he is from "Lakewood" while visiting California is a pretentious twit, if you ask me.
agreed.
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Old 12-25-2013, 10:00 AM
 
Location: Summit, NJ
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Interesting stat they quoted that only 7% of Lakewood restaurants are chains. That's an attractive quality of many Cleveland neighborhoods really, e.g. Tremont and Little Italy. Even Boston's great North End has an eyesore Subway amid all the old Italian places.
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Old 12-25-2013, 10:18 AM
 
Location: Cleveland and Columbus OH
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Interesting stat they quoted that only 7% of Lakewood restaurants are chains. That's an attractive quality of many Cleveland neighborhoods really, e.g. Tremont and Little Italy. Even Boston's great North End has an eyesore Subway amid all the old Italian places.
Not to mention Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, and 7-11s on every other block.

Cleveland does have some pretty special areas in this regard. It's not Anytown, USA.
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