Places
216 til I die.
The area code as a lifetime commitment.
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The ballot
85 phrases. You decide.
Vote on the ones you would wear. A phrase that hits 100 votes opens for designers. Not here? Send in your own.
Places
440 means close enough.
Suburban area code pride, with a smirk.
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The lake
Ask me about the lake.
You will regret it.
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Seasons
Block party season.
A folding table, a grill and everybody's cousin.
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Weather
Bring a coat in July.
The lake has opinions about your plans.
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Places
Brooklyn: the one in Ohio.
Still got a bridge, sort of.
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Attitude
Built on steel. Powered by pop.
Industrial past, carbonated future.
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Language
Cleveland made me this way.
Blame the lake. Blame the weather.
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Places
Cleveland Metroparks > everything.
Emerald necklace, no notes.
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Weather
Cleveland sunshine: mostly cloudy.
Forecast, tattooed.
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Attitude
Cleveland: we've seen worse.
Our official motto, unofficially.
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Food
Corned beef is a food group.
Sandwich. Hash. Egg roll. Don't ask.
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Places
Coventry forever.
For everybody who ever got a sandwich after midnight.
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The lake
Don't swim in the Cuyahoga.
A warning with a long memory.
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Places
Down in the Flats.
The nightlife of every parent's youth.
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Places
East side. West side. Pick one.
The river is a border and everybody knows it.
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The lake
Edgewater sunset beats anywhere.
Argue with the photo.
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History
Euclid Beach forever.
The amusement park we lost and never stopped missing.
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Attitude
Everybody leaves. Everybody comes back.
The boomerang city.
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Food
Fish fry Friday.
Lent turns every church basement into a restaurant.
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Weather
Four seasons. All before lunch.
Pack the sunglasses and the umbrella.
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Places
Free stamp, big feelings.
The weirdest, best civic sculpture. Phrase only.
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Weather
Gray is a color here.
Seven months of proof.
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Seasons
Hand warmers required: Halloween.
Costume over a parka, every year.
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Attitude
Hard work. Hard winters. Hard pass.
Three things we are famous for.
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Attitude
Heartbreak is a hometown tradition.
Hope anyway.
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Language
Hey, Cleve.
A greeting that sounds like home.
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Roads
I-90 had plans for me.
For anyone who has ever merged at the wrong moment.
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Weather
It's 60 degrees. Shorts.
Cleveland math, applied in February.
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Attitude
Kind of a big deal. Mostly in Cleveland.
Confidence with a postal code.
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Weather
Lake effect is a personality.
Ask me how much snow. I will tell you.
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Weather
Lake Erie summer: four days. Make them count.
Rough estimate. Possibly generous.
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The lake
Lake tested. Cleveland made.
Built to survive the shoreline.
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Places
Little Italy, big appetite.
Come hungry. Leave full of cannoli.
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Weather
Maple syrup, snow and a bad road.
Northeast Ohio's idea of spring.
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Places
Meet me at the Terminal.
Under the tower, like it was 1930.
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Attitude
Mistake on the Lake.
The nickname that won't go away.
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Roads
My other car is an orange barrel.
Closed lane, open humor.
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Attitude
No, I don't know your cousin in Cincinnati.
A response to every out-of-towner.
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Attitude
Not a mistake. A choice.
Stay anyway.
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Places
Ohio City born.
Before the breweries, it was still the best.
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Attitude
Ohio, but make it Cleveland.
Upgrade the state in your head.
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Roads
Orange barrel season.
Starts when the snow stops. Ends when the snow starts.
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Food
Paczki Day is a holiday.
Fat Tuesday, but make it Polish and filled with jelly.
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Places
Parma pride.
Pierogi, pink flamingos, zero apologies.
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Food
Perch, please.
Lake Erie's best export, fried.
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Food
Pierogi are a love language.
Made by somebody's grandmother, usually.
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Seasons
Pierogi for Christmas Eve.
The one meal that never changes.
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Food
Pierogi for the whole block.
Church festival energy, year round.
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Attitude
Pittsburgh is just Cleveland with hills.
A rivalry in eight words.
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Food
Polish Boy or nothing.
Kielbasa, fries, slaw, barbecue sauce. No substitutions.
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Seasons
Polka on the lake.
Accordion, wind, a good time.
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Food
Pop. Not soda.
Settle it on a shirt.
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Roads
Pothole navigator, certified.
Swerving is a skill and you have it.
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History
Rock and roll started here.
The Moondog Coronation Ball, 1951. We were there first.
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Attitude
Rust is a love language.
Everything old holds up.
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Attitude
Salt belt survivor.
Rusted. Reliable.
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Weather
Salt on everything. Including me.
Every car, every boot, every March.
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Seasons
Santa's sleigh needs snow tires.
North Pole tire shop, lakefront edition.
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Food
Sauerkraut balls forever.
The party snack nobody outside Ohio understands.
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Language
Say it with the long A: Clee-veland.
The way it's actually pronounced, loudly.
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Places
Slavic Village strong.
Built by the people who built Cleveland.
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Weather
Snow day champion.
For the one who still believes the call will come.
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Seasons
St. Patrick's Parade veteran.
Cold, green, and in good company.
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Attitude
Still here. Still loud.
Rust Belt, standing.
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History
Stop. Go. Cleveland did it first.
The electric traffic light started here in 1914.
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Weather
Sunny in Cleveland. Mark the calendar.
Rare enough to screenshot.
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Seasons
Tailgate in a parka.
Fall Sundays in all weather.
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Roads
Take Dead Man's Curve slow.
Everyone who drives I-90 knows the one.
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History
The A is missing. We never noticed.
Same city, shorter spelling.
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Attitude
The Forest City.
The old nickname, for people who like trees.
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The lake
The lake is not the ocean. It thinks it is.
Great, and also rude about it.
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History
The river caught fire once. We're fine.
Burned in 1969, then got on with it.
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Food
The three Ps: pierogi, pop, Polish Boy.
The whole food pyramid.
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Places
Tremont till I die.
Neighborhood loyalty, stitched in.
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Seasons
Turkey Trot survivor.
Ran in the cold. Earned the pie.
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Roads
Two seasons: winter and construction.
The most accurate calendar in Ohio.
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Attitude
Underdog by default.
Built into the water supply.
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Attitude
Wait till next year.
A prayer, a plan and a life philosophy.
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Attitude
We're used to it.
The two-word summary of everything.
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Places
West side, don't ask.
Allegiance, short form.
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History
Where did the A go?
Cleaveland lost a letter and never found it.
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Attitude
Where everybody knows your cousin.
Six degrees is a generous estimate.
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Food
Wigilia pierogi.
Christmas Eve is a Polish dinner here.
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Weather
Winter never left.
Said every April, accurately.
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