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The “fun” real estate blog Movoto recently released their list of The 10 Best Places to Live in Ohio and, spoiler alert, Cleveland wasn’t named.
According to the blog, the list was compiled based on criteria such as quality of life, crime, tax rate, unemployment, and weather.
Apparently, Cleveland fails on all accounts— though we did receive an honorable mention at the very end of the article when the writer casually acknowledges that should the list extend beyond the top ten, Cleveland would rank a sorry 118.
Thanks, guys. We happen to think it’s a pretty swell place to live.
If you’re curious to see which cities were named (and there are a few of our northeast Ohio neighbors), take a peek below or head over to Movoto.
1. City of Wickliffe
2. City of Montgomery
3. City of Blue Ash
4. City of Willowick
5. City of Perrysburg
6. City of Powell
7. City of Mason
8. City of Upper Arlington
9. City of Willoughby
10. City of Findlay
This article appears in Feb 19-25, 2014.
Yuck! That “top ten” is a total drag.
All very boring suburban communities.
Surprised Bay Village wasn’t there, great schools.
Worst list ever! Rocky River and Bay Village get ranked as top places to live every year, and they’re not even on the list?! Not to mention Lakewood getting a ton of accolades recently. There are some great places to live in Clevand, including Tremont and Ohio City, to name a few. Clearly, good research was not done for this list!!
Memo to anyone at Cleveland City Hall — please wake up Frank Jackson and share the story with him.
Perrysburg and the Maumee area are fantastic places to live.
Where is Lakewood, OH?!?!? HORRIBLE list. So many Great Cleveland suburbs left out. Looks like only cookie cutter america made the map….
What about Chagrin Falls?
I compiled a list of the top 10 real estate blogs, and Movoto didn’t make the list. If I would have extended the list past the top 10, however, their sorry blog wouldn’t have appeared until #5,768,463. They were almost ranked 1 higher, but the other real estate blog had a picture of a cat on their page….so, yeah. Movoto sucks.
What a ridiculous list. Notice how no big cities are listed here. Nice attempt Scene Magazine at trying to spin this in a negative light in regards to only Cleveland.
Really surprised not to see Lakewood on their
Wickliffe, Willowick, Willoughby?
Wickliffe, Willowick, and Willoughby are all pretty much the same city, if you combined them all, they amount to a run-down version of Mentor.
Although I do agree with all of the above that are surprised Bay Village, Rocky River and others of like ilk were not mentioned, I do take offense at the comments posted by Lake County. Wickliffe, Willowick and Willoughby ARE NOT “run-down versions of Mentor.” Many parts of Wickliffe and Willoughby are lovely and very comparable to the “higher class” cities not mentioned. Mentor has many “run-down” areas, far more than the combination of all three mentioned. The services, parks and police (to name of few) in Wickliffe and Willoughby compare to none. They are excellent. These cities, while not having the income per capita as Rocky River, Bay Village, etc. etc., have many, many lovely areas that are not run down. Your comment is uninformed and, while I agree that many others should have been mentioned ahead of those, I would like to counter balance your ridiculous comment. Wickliffe, in particular is a wonderful place to raise a family. It’s a clean, safe, “Norman Rockwell type” community. I might add, that many graduates of Wickliffe High School return to the community to raise their own families.
Cleve hts Man !!!!!
how about lima,ohio on that list marlene its not there
I am from cleveland but I’ve been to places like Cleveland Heights and its pretty nice as well as Lakewood. I’m not sure what to say about Parma but the parts that I’ve been to were pretty awesome as well…