Oh - Ohio!

I will say that Cleveland is not the worst place to live - but it is not the greatest either. I hated living in C-town until I migrated to its Tremont neighborhood a few years ago. It is a small community just west of the city that is filled with great restaurants, bars and boutiques. The neighborhood has character and history, movies such as A Christmas Story and The Deer Hunter were filmed here. So why'd I leave a neighborhood I loved so much?

It's no wonder everyone's leaving. Unfortunately, times are tough. Not just in Cleveland - but Ohio in all together. Cleveland had just been noted as one of America's fastest dying cities! People are flocking from the city. I cannot count on my hands and toes the number of friends and acquaintances that have fled the state in the past year... and there are still more in transition.

Yes, it is affordable in the buckeye state, but it is also hard to come across jobs these days.

The weather in Cleveland is crazier than ever! Before heading cross country for California, we experienced crazy teeter-totter conditions in March:

Tuesday - mid 60's, bright and sunny
Wednesday - 40's and rainy
Thursday - over an inch of snow!

I miss my friends more than anything and will eventually return to visit and empty out the storage unit. Until then... Cali will do.