Living in Cleveland Ohio East side vs West side

There are two sides to Cleveland Ohio, you have the east side and you have the west side. While they are similar, there is a huge divide between the two areas. if youre looking to move to Cleveland then you have to make the decision, are you going to move to the east side, or the west side.

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[EdsHead]

You know you're from the Cleveland area when you measure distance in time.

[PG-isvr]

Born and raised in Cleveland. I always felt that the west side was in the Midwest and the East Side was East coast.

[howardcitizen]

Cleveland is two cities that share a downtown.

[hexcellerateofficial]

Grew up on the east side, currently reside on the west side. It's like being in two different states.

[paullong]

Great video, I literally just got homesick!!! I grew up in S. Euclid & hung out on the east side during my high school & college (Kent St) days. As far as getting downtown, I always cruised Chester in/out when I traveled there as if you drove 30-35 MPH, you'd hit all of the lights. Sneaking through the various neighborhoods was never an issue for me to get downtown, I found all of the shortcuts. When I didn't want to drive, the RTA 41 to Windermere could get me there or 34 to the Van Aken/Shaker rapid Lett in 90 when I joined the Navy, now currently living in the Virginia burbs near DC. The thing I miss most about CLE is it was a large city w/ o being so big. Trust me when I say I could get side to side in 30 minutes or less :) I've been to several of the world's largest cities over my lifetime (Singapore, LA, NYC, Chicago Tokyo, London, Paris to name a few) and we have just as much arts/culture as any of them, but they don't have the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame!! I miss the Flats of the mid/late 80s and all of bars/clubs you could catch a live performance; Blossom, Peabody's, Agora, etc. I visit the 216 often as I still have family/friends there.

[faithfulforever]

The east side of Cleveland gets a LOT more snow than the west side and I can tell you exactly where it starts - East 185th street. You can be driving with good weather heading east from downtown, then as soon as you reach East 185th street, it is white out. I saw this happen many, many times.

[MM-zntz]

Great job, young man. I learned a lot. Now I need to visit Cleveland some time and see all these neighborhoods. Thank you, sir.

[knguyen]

Thank you for the elaborate video breaking down the differences that also includes some awesome history of the city. I’m an out of state investor new to the Cleveland market and just recently stumbled upon your channel. So far enjoying every bit of it. Keep up the great work!

[JaviDang]

Westside: get robbed once a week
Eastside: get robbed everyday

[ramonmalaya]

This is a great video for someone who is new to Cleveland or is planning to move to the area. AK's info is unbelievably accurate. All the major downtown venues are on the east side of the river. However I find that unless you're living in the areas just east of downtown, it is far easier to get into downtown from the westside suburbs than the eastside. Eastside neighborhoods seem to have the charm lacking in the westside. All in all, there's a place for everyone.

[goldgoddess]

It seem like the sun shines brighter on the Westside

[kevinmcneeley]

Very nicely done. I'm from CLE living abroad, and this was like a nice trip home. I could tell you served in the military. Good briefing!

[MrRafie]

Wow! Born and raised on the east side of Cleveland. Specifically growing up in the very urban Kinsman Ave. Which is right around the corner from Shaker. This video was excellent. Well put together and chock full of info. Makes me miss living there. Good stuff!

[jeffreyfwagner]

I grew up in Rocky River and I really liked this video.

[rLgxTbQ]

7:38 I live right in the middle of that snow band lol. thinking about coming down there at some point

[vickyschieman]

Lifelong suburban Clevelander here...I really enjoyed your detailed look at the area! You gave some really great information--I especially enjoyed learning about how the rivalry between eastside and westside came about--and you did an excellent job presenting it. One question: do you ever show houses a little further out in the suburbs? I love my hometown of Chesterland, Ohio, which is only about a 25 minute drive from downtown Cleveland. If any of your clients are looking to work in the city but come home to a semi-rural town, a place that's also 30 minutes from Lake Erie (north) or Middlefield's Amish country (east), a place almost equidistant from many shopping and dining options in Mayfield or Mentor, a place near to several excellent parks and most importantly, a place that's a bit cheaper than Shaker Heights, Solon or Beachwood, I recommend Chesterland.

[petenofel]

I'm a life-long Clevelander and live in the Westpark neighborhood. What Alex didn't address is that What is now Cleveland proper started as two different cities: Cleveland on the east side if the Cuyahoga and Ohio City on the west. The separation is part of the underlying rivalry between east and west. Also, one reason for the limited highway access on the east side was the eastern residents' resistance to highway construction. There was a fear that more east-west highways would allow more access to the east from westsiders.

Many of the comments are from "Clevelanders" who are from Greater Cleveland rather than the actual city. The term "Greater Cleveland" is used to encompass Cleveland and the inner-ring suburbs, and can include cities as different as Rocky River [higher-income whites] to East Cleveland [low-income blacks]. Often, people will say they are from Cleveland when more accurately they are from an outer-ring suburb in Cuyahoga County. Some will even take umbrage at being called a Clevelander.

As far as racial makeup, Cleveland proper is 51 percent black, with most blacks living on the east side, though that is changing. Inner-ring suburbs, such as Parma are getting more blacks moving in. Cleveland has had a variety of black mayors, city council members, city council presidents, and police chiefs. Much of the crime in the city takes place in sketchy east side neighborhoods, though it is spreading west.


Unlike cities such a Detroit, that fell on hard times with the loss of the auto industry, when Cleveland lost the steel industry and saw a diminution of auto part construction, it was lucky enough to fall back on the health industry, with world-class hospitals such as the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals.

[keithboseman]

Superb! As an ex=Clevelander looking to move back for family issues, you have NAILED it! What a superb site! Thank you!

[Alesia_Ianotauta]

I've never watched/heard/read someone go into as much detail into CLE as you did. 😂

[Chefjoshuacrawford]

We love in chagrin falls! East side all day. West side is nice for lake activities, but east side is rolling green hills, country clubs, estates, charm and more established. Both are great easy side just is prettier to drive through. Love Cleveland all of it! Come visit!