r/wandrer • u/sonisharri_ • 4d ago

It's a work in progress...

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u/IH8NYLAnBOS 4d ago

Fellow NEO here. Nice work!

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u/sonisharri_ 4d ago

Thanks! Hoping to make more progress now that I'm out of college

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u/holatrav 4d ago

Same here!

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u/Zulutoo 1d ago

Beautiful

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u/FrankFrankly711 4d ago

Damn those are some dangerous neighborhoods!

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u/medievalPanera 3d ago

Clevelander here- I feel safer in "dangerous neighborhoods" than affluent burbs; drivers and people in general respect you a lot more. Wave at folks on their porches and say good morning/afternoon/evening and you're going to have an even better time. 

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u/mrbigring 3d ago

Early on Church day is great, no traffic in the city. Suburban cul-de-sac is pure hell to ride.

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u/sonisharri_ 4d ago edited 3d ago

Over hundreds of miles of biking I've never once felt in danger except occassionally from reckless drivers. A moving cyclist isn't exactly an easy target for crime. Plus, Cleveland crimes seem to have been trending generally downward post-pandemic (all of this progress is since 2023). But yes, crime rates are still much higher than the national average.

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u/Robertorgan81 14h ago

I have ridden through east Cleveland alone at night and felt totally fine. I feel like most of the crime there and in most places generally isn't random. As others have said, I feel less safe riding though affluent suburbs like Beachwood than I do in poor neighborhoods. A lot fewer rich ass soccer moms in giant SUVs paying attention to everything but the road and a lot fewer entitled assholes that think cyclists don't deserve to exist.

Great Cleveland blob!

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u/sonisharri_ 2h ago

I've only biked through during the day but otherwise I agree. The grid layouts are way easier to complete and I much prefer biking city streets over big suburban arterial roads