Don’t believe everything you’ve heard in late night comedy routines. Outside the inner city, and as long as you don’t mind winters that are better than Chicago or Buffalo, but that’s not saying much, the quality of life at an affordable cost is excellent. World class museums, a symphony usually ranked second or third best on the planet, about a half dozen universities (Case Western is an example), world’s top cardiac care hospital (the Cleveland Clinic), a national park and an extensive metro park system, a Great Lake for boating, very good schools as long as you’re not stuck in Cleveland City District, some superb albeit little known restaurants, and suburban housing with land that’s a fraction of the cost of anything on either coast or Chicago. We’re used to all the jokes based on the 1960’s and usually just smile at the ignorance of people who tell them but have never actually been here.
All residents of the city of Cleveland can get a school voucher worth $4,200 per year to use at any private or parochial school in the city. $5,200-$9,500 for high school. That significantly reduces or eliminates most of the cost of a parochial school education.
Outside of a very few select suburban school districts, none of the others can hold a candle to the Private/Parochial Schools that have consistent high achieving graduates.
Cleveland is one of the best kept secrets in the country for educated middle and high earners. A family making $100k a year in Cleveland is comparable to the lifestyle of $250k or more in most major cities with less amenities, poorer housing stock and no better or even worse weather.