Cities that belong in other states

[Crawford]

I'd argue Cleveland tore itself down to a greater extent than Detroit. Detroit, overall, is more vacant, but that's due to late 20th century market abandonment, not really top-down urban renewal.

Cleveland went batshit crazy with urban renewal. There was a downtown project called Erieview that erased everything between Euclid Ave. and the lake. There's a corridor from downtown to the eastern suburbs that erased everything in its path. The suburbanesque Cleveland Clinic sits on what used to be a second downtown.

Cleveland might also be the only major city without wealthy residential areas. Even Detroit has mansion neighborhoods and a few upper middle class enclaves.