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Known in some circles as "The Mistake By The Lake" or "The/Tha Land", Cleveland has the largest urban area in Ohio. It's often considered a [[Wretched Hive]] and a [[Place Worse Than Death]], a joke that's been ongoing for years. Many recent polls and news articles only reinforce this image, as it was once rated the [http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/11/americas-most-miserable-cities-business-beltway-miserable-cities.html most miserable city in America]. It was also the original [[Trope Namer]] for [[Aliens in Cleveland]], as the city is considered by many the image of mundane mediocrity (at best).
 
Possibly the biggest reason why this goes unchallenged is because all but the most anal-retentive Clevelanders have a sense of humor about it; they'll tell you ''themselves'' how Cleveland is America's [[Butt Monkey]]. With the brutal winters, massive [[Dying Town|urban decay]], a river that was once [[Never Live It Down|so polluted that it]] [[Beyond the Impossible|caught on fire]] [[wikipedia:Cuyahoga River#Environmental concerns|thirteen times]]<ref>[[It Got Worse|It got worse]] a [[The Seventies|few years later]], when, in a failed photo-op with a welding instrument, the city's then-mayor, Ralph Perk, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgGv9JwKeCY ''set his hair on fire'']. Then his wife [[Turned Up to Eleven|upped the ante]] by turning down a visit at the White House because it interfered with her regular '''bowling night'''.</ref>, several political scandals leading to multiple FBI raids, and the fact that road construction is ''never'' finished (also a staple of Ohio in general), most residents have no illusions of being in paradise, and rely often on [[Gallows Humor]]. Heck, the city resides on [[wikipedia: Lake Erie|a lake that is Eerie]] and divided by [[wikipedia: Cuyahoga River|a river that is Crooked]]. Its' most recognizable building is [[wikipedia: Terminal Tower|Terminal]], the only daily newspaper is ''literally'' [[wikipedia: Cleveland Plain Dealer|a plain dealer]], and has [[wikipedia: WMMS|a radio station]] whose mascot is '''a buzzard'''. Oh, and [[wikipedia: Cleveland Public Power|Muny Light is '''not''' a beer]].
 
Some choose to stay, however, as the city has a low cost of living, a growing healthcare industry (the world-renown Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals), and decent nightlife. It can even be called a mini-[[The Windy City|Chicago]], due to its patchwork of ethnic neighborhoods, midwestern atmosphere, public rail that's both elevated and underground<ref>Although a subway system was proposed, planned out, and [[wikipedia: Detroit-Superior Bridge|partially built]]... but [[What Could Have Been|never completed]].</ref>, and division by a major river (east and west in this case, with people on either side almost never going further than downtown).
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* Steve Harvey (stand-up comic, sitcom star, radio host and current host of an eponymous daytime TV talk show and ''[[Family Feud]]'')
* [[Tim Conway]]
* Mike Douglas (his groundbreaking daytime TV talk show originated from Cleveland for its' first five years before the show's production<ref>This was because the station's owner, Westinghouse Broadcasting, [[wikipedia: Westinghouse_Broadcasting#The_1956_trade_with_NBC|contested the transaction with NBC that brought them to Cleveland, citing extortion practices]]. Westinghouse won the case and regained their previous properties in Philadelphia, and thus moved their management and personnel over there. This included Mike Douglas.</ref> was relocated to Philadelphia.)
* [[Calvin and Hobbes|Bill Watterson]]
* Bernie Kosar (Who famously played the NFL Draft system so he could end up with his hometown team.)
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