The basic tenets of life in Cleveland can be boiled down to some agreed-upon rules that govern those who are from or live in Cleveland. We can disagree about a lot, but we can’t disagree on these points.
You will curse I-480 Credit: Scene ArchivesThe air show is high art Credit: Scene ArchivesYou will have a deeply held belief about Barrio Credit: Scene ArchivesYou will lose your car at Blossom, and then sit in traffic for an hour Credit: Scene ArchivesYou will love the Browns Credit: Scene ArchivesGet Lost at the Cleveland Museum of Art
One of the best art museums around sits on East Boulevard just waiting for you. The world-renowned collection spans continents and eras, from Italian Renaissance to modern, from ancient Greece to African, and more. Obviously, always more. Spend a day getting lost.
Photo via Scene Archives Credit: Scene archivesYou will say you’re from Cleveland even if you’re from the suburbs Credit: Scene ArchivesYou will love life on the lake Credit: Scene ArchivesSpeeding Through the Linndale Speed Trap
The infamous speed trap on I-71 in Linndale, a small village in Cuyahoga County, is so well known that it got it’s own episode on the renowned podcast This American Life in 2017. If you’ve driven through there, you’ve probably gotten a ticket, so be careful.
Photo via Scene Archives Credit: Scene ArchivesMitchell’s Homemade Ice Cream
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With handcrafted options of ice cream, yogurt and sorbet, you have to check out all the flavors Mitchell’s Homemade Ice Cream has to offer. And from the second floor of this Ohio City location, you can observe the ice cream making process. Credit: Scene ArchivesStadium Mustard is overrated. Credit: Scene ArchivesDetroit is a better city than Cleveland.
No offense to our neighbors to the north, but this just isn’t true.
Photo via Scene Archives Credit: Scene ArchivesYou will love living here even when the city does dumbass things Credit: Scene ArchivesYou will love the first snow and hate the next 25 Credit: Scene ArchivesYou will spread the gospel of the Steelyard Wal-Mart, the worst in America Credit: Scene ArchivesYou will be forced to look at this man’s face forever Credit: Scene ArchivesYou will never know what the weather holds Credit: Scene ArchivesYou will love the West Side Market despite the city’s best efforts to fuck it up Credit: Scene ArchivesYou will never let this man in the Hall of FameYou will put pierogies on your menu if you have a restaurant Credit: Scene ArchivesYou will tell anyone now and forever that the Warriors blew a 3-1 lead Credit: Scene ArchivesYou will live on either the west or east side and rarely venture to the other oneYou will worship only one god Credit: Scene ArchivesOk maybe two Credit: Scene ArchivesYou say you’re from the Butthole of the World insteadYou will listen to every Tom Hamilton home run callYou will always have Ranch dressing in the house Credit:Wikimedia Commons/WhitneyYou will believe that temp tags are the same thing as permanent license plates Credit: Photo via Wikimedia CommonsYou will be Irish for a day Credit: Emanuel Wallacewe'll be ready.— NE Ohio Regional Sewer District (@neorsd) May 31, 2022
You will be blessed by @NEORSD, the best Twitter account in America Credit: Twitter
