The funny thing for me is that I used to go to Cleveland semi-regularly as a tourist. I'd go to the Rock Hall and walk around downtown (in the daylight) and carry on to Cedar Point later in the weekend. They did a nice job cleaning it up down there. I always had a great time. I did decide to follow the map (before GPS) out of town a different way when heading back to Toronto once. I had followed 2 along the lake every other time. But the map showed another highway (6) or (20) that went east through town. So I followed it. Turned out to be a street, not a highway. And all of a sudden I was in a WARZONE. Windows boarded up in all the storefronts, people selling drugs on the street, guys with really baggy jeans all over the place. I pulled up to a stoplight and a guy was slapping a girl around on the corner and a cop is standing across the road just watching! I am sitting in this van with Canadian tags and a pretty young lady with me. I didn't stop for another stoplight for another mile or two, green or red! The "don't slow down in East Cleveland or you'll die" part has some truth.