<p>I didn’t go to Case, so I don’t know much about it, but I don’t understand what’s with all the ragging on Cleveland. It’s actually a great city, and the part of the city that Case is in is amazing, with one of the best orchestras in the world, and an art museum that can rival the Met. We have an amazing theater district, a burgeoning Downtown, hip artsy neighborhoods. Yes, there is a lot of ghetto still, but Cleveland is on the up and up. Upwards of 10 Billion dollars have been invested in the city in the past decade, and the momentum is continuing. They just built a brand new museum of contemporary art near Case, a new mixed use apartment-restaurant-retail development called Uptown (the second phase which they’re building now will have an urban bowling alley/bar), a new BRT line, new Rapid (heavy rail) stations, and that’s all essentially on Case’s campus. I guess I should understand the hate, given Cleveland’s past, but I just can’t stand to hear the town I love so much, one of the only places I would choose to live, derided so much by outsiders.</p>