Best Midwestern Neighborhood Outside Chicago (places, life, cons, difference)
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I like Milwaukee’s Old Third Ward and Upper East Side neighborhoods. Although there wasn’t much” street life” or activity I did enjoy the homes of Edgewater in Cleveland, reminds me a bit of the north shore outside of Chicago.
Over the Rhine immediately jumped to mind before I even opened the thread.
The thing about Over the Rhine, for me at least, is the fact that the gentrified and cleaned up areas are so small and confined to sometimes just one street/block that it almost feels like a neighborhood that put up cardboard cutout facades to make it seem like a vibrant place. Walk one or two blocks off one of the main streets, and it's a tumbleweed ghost town with still-boarded up buildings and crack addicts on the corner.
The thing about Over the Rhine, for me at least, is the fact that the gentrified and cleaned up areas are so small and confined to sometimes just one street/block that it almost feels like a neighborhood that put up cardboard cutout facades to make it seem like a vibrant place. Walk one or two blocks off one of the main streets, and it's a tumbleweed ghost town with still-boarded up buildings and crack addicts on the corner.
I mean OTR only 10-15 years ago was one of the most dangerous areas in the country. To see how much it has changed in those years is nothing short of impressive, the building stock by itself is one of the best IMO in the US. Give it another 5-10 years and most of OTR will be booming.
Mid-town Detroit is considerably superior to Greektown. Greektown is basically a portion of street or two, not a neighborhood. I love Greektown but there is not much to it. You can see all of it in 5 minutes or so. Mid-town is more consistently lively, has more variety and is a much larger area, although it is less dense than Greektown.
Didn't the Cleveland Flats kind of die? I have not been there in a while. It was awesome many years ago (1980s), but the last time I went, there were only a couple of topless places and maybe a Meh restaurant or two. Did it make a second comeback?
I would have to make a current visit to each one to rate them as of today. I have been to most or all of these places, but it was over a period of 20 years. It would not be meaningful to compete one area 15 years ago to another area today. At least for Detroit neighborhoods even a year or two makes a huge difference.
Mid-town Detroit is considerably superior to Greektown. Greektown is basically a portion of street or two, not a neighborhood. I love Greektown but there is not much to it. You can see all of it in 5 minutes or so. Mid-town is more consistently lively, has more variety and is a much larger area, although it is less dense than Greektown.
Didn't the Cleveland Flats kind of die? I have not been there in a while. It was awesome many years ago (1980s), but the last time I went, there were only a couple of topless places and maybe a Meh restaurant or two. Did it make a second comeback?
I would have to make a current visit to each one to rate them as of today. I have been to most or all of these places, but it was over a period of 20 years. It would not be meaningful to compete one area 15 years ago to another area today. At least for Detroit neighborhoods even a year or two makes a huge difference.
The Flats are absolutely packed on the weekends these days. It's not the same vibe as the Flats of my dad's day, from what I gather, but I remember as a teen going down there and hanging around empty buildings with my friends doing delinquent things. It's changed quite a bit since then.
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