Not to single out your thoughts, but for some reason, many folks on DYes always conflate downtown vibrancy with overall city health.
Cleveland is a dying city. It has suffered about the same percentage loss as Detroit. From 2000 to 2010, Cleveland lost nearly 20% of its population.
I don't see how anyone can argue that Cleveland is a success story when its on track to be totally depopulated within 50 years.
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