Case Western is also very well located as far as buses and trains, and easy to get to and from campus to airport without expensive Uber rides. The students fees cover all public transportation, its included in the fees, so students use the city as their playground. Its not as big as Chicago, and is friendlier than Chicago, and arguably safer near CWRU than most bigger cities. The variety of sports, clubs, music, art and stuff to do , as well as the “east coast” architecture and neighborhoods grow on the students. Most of my son’s friends want to stay in Cleveland , they like it so much, after learning their way around.
Its still affordable too, for after graduation and very easy to fly anywhere from the international airport. The good housing prices will not last long I bet given the financial/health sciences/ high tech focus of Cleveland.