Cleveland and what to do therein

i love cleveland. i think about moving back there all the time. all my folks live there and are pretty committed clevelanders so they are plugged into all kinds of cool things happening with art, music, food. as an outsider visiting though i think it would be tough to immediately get a sense of things, it is also so spread out and you can't really walk between the various happening neighborhoods. also even with all that is happening there i will be honest and say it is a rough struggling city for sure. though in its struggle it is not that different from pretty much any rustbelt city and in many cases is doing much better than others. i'd still rather live in cleveland than any other OH city for sure. i mean even in that whole IN-MI-OH-eastern PA-eastern NY stretch id still pick cleveland/

living in boston i am pretty used to a bustling active city and i am def reminded of cleveland's shittiness when i drive through desolate sections of the city but tbh the cost of living is pretty serious, you can get a sweet fucking gorgeous beautiful house in great neighborhoods for less than $200k. you can't get that in boston. you probably can't even get a shitty 1br condo for less than 200k.

"eastern PA-eastern NY"

woooooooops meant western PA-western NY obviously

goddamn, the A+ lapdance i got at a now-gone strip bar here...

I'm going to be here for a few days in early October. Recommendations for record stores?

Any other recommendations are welcome too. I know nothing about Cleveland. Think technically I'll be staying in Cleveland Heights.

Bent Crayon used to be the place to go for electronic records used and new— haven’t been in more than a decade but I doubt it has changed much.

Zubal and Mac’s are the decent bookstores that I know of.

also i don’t know you well but if you enjoy thrifting at all, the thrift stores in Cleveland are among the best in the US.

that's a good tip, thanks. i do a lot of thrifting out of necessity basically, but it can definitely be fun sometimes too

zubal looks like it's just across the street from a pupuseria = :)

i'm seeing an old family friend who has insisted we go to the RNR HOF but i'm really hoping i can talk him out of it

that’s the other thing— Cleveland has really good food!

My Minds Eye Records
Blue Arrow Record and Books

Collision Bend for the river views (decent beer and food as a bonus)

The Art Museum is really nice and free. They have food/beer/wine there.

Szechwan Gourmet (Asia Town) for Szechwan food and there's Barraco (Lakewood) for Arepa's.

*Barroco

thank you!