What are things that other cities get right that we don’t?
Just visited Cleveland for the first time. I always thought it was an industrial hellscape growing up (sorry to any Clevelanders — I was going off the stereotypes I was told), but I’m highkey jealous of Cleveland’s lake culture in the summer. Endless shoreline and sandy beaches?
Maybe it’s because I’m sweating my eyeballs out in Cincinnati, but it makes me a little sad we only have the river and no good long stretches of sand. Also, some of Cleveland’s neighborhoods like Ohio City and Tremont are fab! And they have much better transit/the Arcade is stunning.
I think that since we can never feasibly have a beach culture, we should lean into our hills and bring back the cable cars. For international comparisons, I love the fact that the bike lanes in Copenhagen are partitioned off from the road (so you don’t have to risk your life sharing the road with cars) and the canals of Amsterdam are so charming.
What are some elements of other cities you’d like to see in Cincinnati?