I grew up in birdtown and my mom still lives there. Like someone else said, she has bedbugs all the time and her landlord is not that Richard guy. I do not like going there at night and am glad I don’t live there anymore. But it’s not the worst place to live, it’s nice to have the park there and the factory in birdtown has lots of cool activities.

It's totally safe. I live in the area - more urban than parma but completely safe and more fun/walkable.

Lmao this like a Gary, Indiana resident asking if Chicago is ok

wonder what this has to do with race? seems like you have pre conceived notions about crack heads and guns.

this was in broad daylight. ive also lived in and out of the area for a good ten years.

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Birdtown is a lovely, walkable, historic neighborhood. There is no more crime there than any other part of Lakewood. You’ll love it. People love to act like Lakewood is not like 4 square miles. It’s not like things are dramatically different from one end of the city to the other

Um..

do you fart a lot as well ?

This is what racism looks like here. The whole region is segregated on the same lines it has been for over a century. Bird town has been referred to as the ghetto of Lakewood since before I was born, but now people wanting to move into a progressive trendy area at lower prices put their eye on it, pushed the rents up so the original residents couldn't afford to live there any longer, and then complain about any degree of crime as if it's a pandemic. All the other comments to your post blame people from Cleveland for the crime. Know that that is what they mean. They mean black people, but won't say it. Closeted bigotry is what you can expect from your neighbors there. In reality, you're in no more danger there than anywhere else in Lakewood.

Good one 😂

What's my "post history" tell you? Wow... Glad not to know you in real life 😉

The combination of you think someone is going to let you stay in their house with them, you bring up the fact that you smoke, and your post history. Any other red flags you'd like to share?

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What's funny?

Absolutely! I hope you settle in well.

lol

Yeah I’m just a 21 year old girl moving out for the first time so safety is definitely a priority for me especially in a place I’m not too familiar with!

Alright I’m sorry about being so reactionary then my apologies and best of luck for you. Especially now I understand why safety is a priority given what you disclosed about yourself. I’m wrong my bad

I was a nightshift worker who walked home in the dark every day and never had any trouble. You must have horrible luck.

I live in downtown lakewood in a store front, woke up to a drunk homeless man sleeping right infront on my apartment door in my hallway just a few weeks back. So these things happen everywhere. So my “nicer” side of lakewood has homeless people I see daily, drunks, and bad ass teenagers . So yeah all of lakewood has it problems .

I can't say it any better than the comment down below...or above...or wherever about segregation and liberal good intent. Have a great day and good luck!

I said people from other cities? I never mentioned any race or specific cities, people commit crimes from all different cities in Parma and they’re all different races. I don’t know why things automatically go to race when someone asks about safety or crime.

Think about how you word things, then. Your statement above about people coming in and committing crimes can lend itself to the wall conversation very quickly.

I'm not on facebag. I check craigslist though & I've had success on there previously.

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