Friday News
So, it looks like we'll be moving to Cleveland at the end of the month.
Jim got the job he interviewed for when we were in town. Myself? Still looking.
Apart from checking out a few reputable buildings in Lakewood and Cedar Fairmount, it looks like we're going to center our apartment search on the Warehouse District.
This could be a huge disaster, noise-wise.
But when I weigh my priorities, public transit wins out.
Earplugs are always cheaper than cars.
Still, though, I wouldn't say no to a well-insulated apartment. (Some of those places have concrete flooring!)
So, if you - or anyone you know - knows of a well-put-together building in the Warehouse District that I should be aware of (one where I won't hear my neighbors going to the bathroom or speaking at normal conversational volume should be good enough), please leave it in the comments or email me at christine [at] christineborne [dot] net.
Jim got the job he interviewed for when we were in town. Myself? Still looking.
Apart from checking out a few reputable buildings in Lakewood and Cedar Fairmount, it looks like we're going to center our apartment search on the Warehouse District.
This could be a huge disaster, noise-wise.
But when I weigh my priorities, public transit wins out.
Earplugs are always cheaper than cars.
Still, though, I wouldn't say no to a well-insulated apartment. (Some of those places have concrete flooring!)
So, if you - or anyone you know - knows of a well-put-together building in the Warehouse District that I should be aware of (one where I won't hear my neighbors going to the bathroom or speaking at normal conversational volume should be good enough), please leave it in the comments or email me at christine [at] christineborne [dot] net.
posted by Christine Borne at 12:59 PM
5 Comments:
Congrats ... Cleveland is a darn good place to live (I'm a lifelong Clevelander, a historian of the area, and I'm just very fond of the Mistake on the Lake because I know its history, its culture, and the ins and outs of the city). You'll probably like the Warehouse District (0ther than on friday and saturday night when folks are partying at the nightclubs and puking on the sidewalks), though I still think eventually you might like my old neighborhood of Cedar Fairmount, or my current home, Lakewood. Both are good for transit, and very walkable, with excellent amenities a close walk away ... Cedar Fairmount is close to a Red Line rapid station, the Heights Community Circulator of RTA, and there's some great stores and restaurants right there on the corner, and a short walk to Coventry (and even a slightly longer walk to Lee Road ... we used to walk to Zagara's periodically because we loved the stuff they carry). Plus, it's a nice walk down the hill to University Circle and Little Italy.
Lakewood's nice because there are so many stores, restaurants, taverns, etc. Plus, it's getting to be a pretty hip place ... though one thing that attracted my wife and I was that the local citizens voted in a tax levy which has been for a brand-new library; the new building is up, and the older building adjacent to it is being renovated. It's amazing ... and the library has such great programs and LONG HOURS, which is a key. Plus, the folks in Lakewood also voted in a levy to build new schools and renovate the old schools. To me this signals a great investment in the community. And lately, there's been some fun and funky stores and restaurants opening up ... and all are an easy walk, bike ride, or quick jaunt on a bus to get to (or catch the bus to the new Red Line station at W117th). So, that's my two cents, for what it's worth.
If you ever want to chat about it, I'm at redbeard1969@gmail.com
You are coming back and I'll be moving away again (was in Columbus before). I have about 5 job interviews in 5 weeks and only 1 in is Ohio. So odds are I'm leaving. Lakewood is lovely though except for the parking.
LaDonna - oh no! Ohio must be cursed - it's performing some kind of weird equilibrium.
One thing I've realized in the last three years I've been out here is that I could live in Ohio, or I could be a librarian, but I probably couldn't do both. Ohio is a terrible place to look for library jobs.
Ooops, one place I forgot to mention, and you've probably already checked out, is Shaker Square. Plenty of apartments nearby, on a nexus of transportation (the green line and blue line rapids, going downtown or out farther to suburbs), grocery store right in the square, interesting shops and restaurants in the square, and over on Larchmont (next street over). One of my old professors from grad school lives there, because he's never had a driver's license, so he prefers it because he can get anywhere in town from there via public transit.
And as for library jobs, one problem in Northeast Ohio is that Kent State has a library school, which puts out a lot of graduates, but there's only a finite number of jobs. Though interestingly enough, most of those folks are focused solely on public libraries. When I took classes in the program (I needed an outside field to go with my history doctorate), I brought up corporate libraries/archives, museums/archives, school libraries, etc. and was essentially pooh-poohed, because those weren't "real" library jobs. I dunno, a paycheck is a paycheck to me. I used to work at Cuyahoga Community College, and they frequently had openings for librarians at their various libraries, as does Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State. So it's worth something to think about.
But either way, welcome back to Cleveland. There's a two-drink minimum, please keep your hands inside the window at all times, and do not feed the locals. However, the water is safe to drink.
Oh, don't get me started on Kent State's bias against corporate/special librarianship. No really--I can't type it here, you'd have to buy me a coffee and let me run my mouth off. I am a great librarian because I started out in special libraries. I only made a switch to public because I figured out even more than smarts, I have a personality that works with heavy contact with the public.
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