CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH ????

[VegasBuckeye]

So after 8 long years away from the midwest, 2 in England, and 6 in Las Vegas I'm going to be an Air Force recruiter in Cuyahoga Falls, OH for 4 years. God its going to be so good to be back. Las Vegas is a town to come and visit, not to live. I was just curious if anybody on here lives in or near the area and what they think of it?

[Best Buckeye]

Originally Posted by VegasBuckeye

So after 8 long years away from the midwest, 2 in England, and 6 in Las Vegas I'm going to be an Air Force recruiter in Cuyahoga Falls, OH for 4 years. God its going to be so good to be back. Las Vegas is a town to come and visit, not to live. I was just curious if anybody on here lives in or near the area and what they think of it?

Welcome back to the land of the living.

[VegasBuckeye]

Originally Posted by Best Buckeye

Welcome back to the land of the living.

LOL. Yeah bad choice of words I suppose. Vegas is just such a poor city, especially to raise children IMO. High crime rate, high cost of living, poor schools, poor roads, and the summers are rough. The only negative thing I can think comming back home is cold winters and thats no big deal I dealt with it for 19 years. I actually miss crisp fall mornings and sure as hell wont miss 150+ degrees on concrete pad I work on out here.

[gregorylee]

Welcome home!! I know, a little premature but what the hell. Oh, and thanks!!

[Big Papa]

Originally Posted by VegasBuckeye

So after 8 long years away from the midwest, 2 in England, and 6 in Las Vegas I'm going to be an Air Force recruiter in Cuyahoga Falls, OH for 4 years. God its going to be so good to be back. Las Vegas is a town to come and visit, not to live. I was just curious if anybody on here lives in or near the area and what they think of it?

I live in Cuyahoga Falls. It's not a bad city to live in, I have been living there for about 8 years now. I know exactly where the recruiting offices are off of Portage Trail. They do a lot of cool things for their residents, if you have any specific questions, PM me.

[NJ-Buckeye]

I lived in North Hill for a couple decades
Lived in Munroe Falls another decade

exhawg lives either in Munroe Falls or Caucasian Falls

BuckBackHome spent a couple decades in CF.. he was born there...

[Taosman]

Lou and Hy's Deli in Cuyahoga Falls?
Or is that Fairfield?
When did that close?

[BuckBackHome]

Originally Posted by NJ-Buckeye

I lived in North Hill for a couple decades
Lived in Munroe Falls another decade

exhawg lives either in Munroe Falls or Caucasian Falls

BuckBackHome spent a couple decades in CF.. he was born there...

Listen, Hoban. I was not born in the Falls. Just lived there since I was about 2. Grew up in the house my mom was raised in and my grandfather had built during the depression.

What do you want to know? Feel free to post here or PM me. I have not lived there since I graduated high school in 89. I now live in west Akron, but am in the Falls frequently.

Nice "little" town that has changed quite a bit over the past decade or so. Used to be just a working class community. Now it has more of a working class and upper middle class mix.

BigPapa - The recruiting offices used to be on Front Street. Went in there once to see about the chances of flying with corrected vision. I remember the Navy guy told me most likely, but all the other branches told me NO.

Taos - I was over where Lou and Hy's used to be in west Akron tonight. Now just a bunch of drugstores.

PS - If you want to look like a local do not pronounce Cuyahoga with a hard O. Just slur it all together or say The Falls.

[Big Papa]

Originally Posted by Taosman

Lou and Hy's Deli in Cuyahoga Falls?
Or is that Fairfield?
When did that close?

Never heard of it.

[Big Papa]

Originally Posted by BuckBackHome

Nice "little" town that has changed quite a bit over the past decade or so. Used to be just a working class community. Now it has more of a working class and upper middle class mix.

BigPapa - The recruiting offices used to be on Front Street. Went in there once to see about the chances of flying with corrected vision. I remember the Navy guy told me most likely, but all the other branches told me NO.

Man, I haven't seen too many parts of The Falls that have upper middle class, mostly working class with a good portion of lower middle to low income.

Dunno about Front Street, they have been over on Portage Trail since at least the early 90's. That's when my buddy joined the Marines and we were in and out of there all the time, and it has been there ever since.

[Big Papa]

Originally Posted by NJ-Buckeye

I lived in North Hill for a couple decades
Lived in Munroe Falls another decade

exhawg lives either in Munroe Falls or Caucasian Falls

BuckBackHome spent a couple decades in CF.. he was born there...

I was born and raised in Munroe Falls, parents still live there. Went and graduated from Stow-Munroe Falls High School.

We don't usually refer to it as Caucasian Falls, we like Cuy-a-Honky Falls.

[CCI]

Welcome back to the Buckeye State

Stayed the night in Cuyahoga Falls, a real nice city, clean, people are real cool. I went to Blossom Music Center to see Metallica.
Cuyahoga is also mentioned in a song "My City Was Gone", by the rock band The Pretenders (lead singer and songwriter Chrissie Hynde is an Akron, Ohio native).

[NJ-Buckeye]

Originally Posted by BuckBackHome

Nice "little" town that has changed quite a bit over the past decade or so. Used to be just a working class community. Now it has more of a working class and upper middle class mix.

Bull[censored] has been called... you can't take credit for Munroe Falls

altho CF did perk up a bit.. coinciding almost perfectly to when you left

[VegasBuckeye]

It sounds like a great area. I cant wait to be a part of the community and best of all google maps says 2 hours to Ohio Stadium!! You get payed an extra 400 a month to be a recruiter...thats going to be my game fund

[buckeyegrad]

I have lived in the Stow for the past two years and drive through the Falls quite often. A really nice neighborhood if you ask me. I would agree though that the "upper middle class mix" description is off as it remains almost exclusively a working class town--but we'll let you slums hang out in Stow as long as you get out by sundown.