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Made some changes to this article. To begin with, "Huron Road Hospital" is now officially known as "Huron Hospital" (Its no where near Huron Road, though many locals continue to refer to it as "Huron Road" or just "The Road"). Secondly, I tried to remove some of the language that seemed subjective rather than unbiased and academic. For instance, the part about how any resident of East Cleveland that "truly wants an education" can just "hop on a bus" to get to a college. Or, the parts that were written like an advertising campaign to improve the population of the city.
This article IMO needs a little cleanup, and a more balanced POV. But I do like the recent changes.
At present, East Cleveland is best known within the region as a community devastated for 50 years by urban problems such as concentrated and persistent poverty, violent crime, corruption, abandonment of property, and "white flight" (more properly known as middle-class flight, as numerous nearby communities have a large and growing population of middle-class and professional African-Americans).
But with the Euclid Corridor project under way, and various other trends helping to renew interest in urban living, it is very possible that East Cleveland could "come back," as have many other formerly blighted communities in and around the Cleveland area.
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[edit] I love East Cleveland!
East Cleveland Ohio. I have very fond memories of this place for you see; I grew up in East Cleveland in the 1960's and 1970's. It was a fanatic place and after doing a bit of traveling, I don't think I would have enjoyed growing up any place else. It was a great time to be in East Cleveland with activities of every kind only minute away. Be it four Olympic size swimming pools, an ice skating rink, Forest Hills Park, football, basketball, and baseball and hockey games non stop. Great mom and pop restaurants, cheesy movies at the Continental (which has long since disappeared) and extremely talented local theater troops. Bowling alleys, parades about four times a year, outdoor concerts given by great artist of every type. Yes it was a wonderful place to be raised. What happen? Well, in my opinion, it looks like the city leaders kind of loss their way somewhere in the early eighties and did not manage well. That mismanagement lead to public mistrust of local government and thus produced middle class flight to the four corners. Having recently returned for a visit I did notice that there is a new sense of optimism around town as the agencies appear to be winning the war on crime. There's new construction all around and it's a buyer’s marker for first time business owners. There are a lot less people in East Cleveland now than were there when I was a kid. Like I said, there's a great sense of optimism in East Cleveland now days. The many large projects going on in all the surrounding communities combined with what appears to be a growing sense of public trust are part of the reason. It was a fantastic place 40 years ago, and I believe it shall be again. New leadership may make residents proud in light of previous administrations actions. The school system has received a tremendous boost over the last five years and that has to produce great results for the future of the town. Just my opinion for what it's worth.
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[edit] Grew up visiting East Cleveland, but...
I grew up (in the late 60s through late 70s) visiting East Cleveland (near Forest Hills and Euclid) fairly regularly. At first, it was just fine - I was never afraid. But then the good family friend we would visit (owned a pharmacy there) had his place slowly turned into a fortress. At first, you could just come on in and sit while waiting for your prescription. Then, he had to lock the doors and trasact through a window. Then he had to install heavy, thick, bullet-proof doors and windows. All this because he was robbed on a regular basis, pistol whipped, etc. 90+ percent of his business became welfare-related, and he was barely able to get his cost back from the government. His building eventually lost all the doctors in it (and they were very good doctors) and a very shady doctor moved in (did mostly sexual reassignments). That doctor eventually bought the place and then proceeded to withold payment in the transaction. In the process, all the medication in stock expired. Fortunately, my friend won the inevitable court case, but it was an empty victory - the doctor took several years to pay and eventually ended up paying less than half. All this is to say I still have nightmares about the waning years visiting that area, as I feared for my life just walking to and from the Burger King on Euclid.
