<p>Well, if I were a planning to go to a college in or very near a city I’d probably assume one of the benefits would be having access to the various venues offered by the city. Students at JCU certainly do have access to everything Cleveland offers – it’s not as if it’s isolated. </p>
<p>Things may have changed since I was last there, but I agree that OhioMom is using a broad brush to negatively characterize the school and surrounding areas. JCU always had a pretty good reputation and was certainly respected locally during my time in the area. I would not put it on par with Case Western, which I think offers the best education in Cleveland, but one can get a very good education at JCU. And University Heights has always been a pretty nice area. </p>
<p>That said, OhioMom’s comments about immigrants and undesirables does remind me of the kind of social myopia that, unfortunately, characterized various communities in and around Cleveland for me when I was there. There are many great things about the area, but it’s never been very progressive, socially speaking.</p>