Mike Polk Jr. on recent Cleveland "rankings"

Mike Polk Jr. has some thoughts on the latest Cleveland rankings.
Back in 2010 the website Forbes.com ranked Cleveland “The Most Miserable City In America”, and whether that was accurate or not I still refuse to believe that there wasn’t a nicer way to say that.
It’s one of the earliest examples I can recall of the “Where Does Your City Rank On Our List?” genre of clickbait that have since become ubiquitous.
City rankings are like catnip to scrollers all over the world but my theory is that Clevelanders are particularly susceptible, due to our trademarked Cleveland insecurity.
See, despite the fact that our city is demonstrably great many still yearn for validation from outside sources.
Which is obviously sad but only if you stop and think about it, and who has the time with all of these fun, new listicles constantly popping up in our feeds?!
Just this month the website Travel and Leisure ranked Cleveland the “7th best food city in the U.S.”. I assume due largely to “The Mr. Hero Factor”.
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1:30 Honestly this tracks. Those who have the hardest economic times are the ones who share the most. So if the reason Cleveland is low on this particular list is income inequality, that makes a lot of sense. Poor people help poor people. Rich people step on poor people.