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Also known as "The Forest City," and – along with the collective region – referred to as "The North Coast."
Known in some circles as "The Mistake By The Lake" or "The/Tha Land", '''Cleveland''' is considered to be 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]].
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