Ohio's second-largest city, located on the south shore of Lake Erie. Formerly the butt of jokes because of its oppressive industrial nature (and the fact that the Cuyahoga River was so polluted that it repeatedly caught fire in the 50's and 60's), it has undergone urban renewal (and/or gentrification), and people don't make fun of it as much as they used to.

The second largest city in Ohio, (in the largest metropolitan area), Cleveland went through a real bad time in the 1970's and 1980's, but is now a nice city. Nice features include the Cleveland Indians and their home at Jacobs Field, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the flats, and entertainment district in an old factory area.

The aforementioned bad times include such notable events as the time(s) the Cuyahoga River caught fire. Yes, the river. Caught fire.

Despite this, natives of Cleveland seem to be intensely loyal to their hometown, and are quick to defend it&against the frequent accusations of outsiders that it is a dull and ugly hellhole.

Another strange fact concerns the apparently high concentration of grandparents in the Cleveland-Akron region, heretofore unexplained.