As part of the city’s annual action plan outreach survey, Cleveland’s Department of Community Development would like to know which emoji best describes how you feel about your neighborhood.


There’s a text box for respondents to elaborate on their emoji selection, blessedly. For those who need a broader range of emojis — those who might feel particularly “pizza” about their trash pick-up lately — you can still direct tweets to @CityofCleveland.

This article appears in Feb 15-21, 2017.

Eric Sandy is an award-winning Cleveland-based journalist. For a while, he was the managing editor of Scene. He now contributes jam band features every now and then.

3 replies on “Which Emoji Describes Your Cleveland Neighborhood Experience?”

  2. There are still LEAVES in my neighborhood which were IGNORED by the city and then spread all over hell by the plows at the end of January. Where’s that steaming-pile-of-shit emoji when you really need it?

    Chuckles the Clown

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