If you were wondering what the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs tells its citizens who are contemplating a trip to Cleveland, wonder no more.

According to its website, the ministry is telling French visitors to avoid the dangerous suburban neighborhoods of Cleveland Heights, Lakewood, and Euclid by night and by day. East Cleveland, it would seem, is totally fine.

Here’s a screenshot of the posting with the rough translation pasted below (thanks to Redditor self.Cleveland for pointing us toward this!)- 

Cleveland: the city center is not dangerous during the day, but at night is not recommended. It is recommended to avoid some adjacent neighborhoods, by day and by night, especially Cleveland Heights, Lakewood and Euclid.

Well, the French government may be royally misleading potential Cleveland-bound tourists, but at least they got one thing right: Cleveland’s still better than Detroit.

Detroit: Don’t go out after dark (roughly).

Touché.

This article appears in Nov 13-19, 2013.

Alaina Nutile is the Web Editor who oversees all digital content and social media initiatives for Cleveland Scene Magazine and Detroit Metro Times. Before joining the staff in June 2013, she interned at Business Insider in New York City, and at La Hora in Quito, Ecuador. Alaina is a graduate of Kalamazoo College in Michigan, where she double majored in English and Spanish. Her interests include Japanese food, Breaking Bad, and career development advising.

8 replies on “The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs is Telling French Visitors to Cleveland to Avoid Cleveland Heights, Lakewood, and Euclid”

  3. That’s not the name of the user that posted this. Self is a type of post and Cleveland is the subreddit. The user who posted it was actually dan_blather.

  4. I”m 39 years old and have lived in Lakewood my entire life. I have never had an issue. Give me a break.

  8. to cbrbart… the one who judges people on their nationality, their color, their gender, their sexuality, their physical appearance, et caetera… is the one who is an accomplished idiot!

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