But, while Joplin was a school rival for sports (and we won most of the games, BTW) I like Joplin and things are really changing after the tornado.

It's a bit of a different story between "vacation/relaxation/nature/sports" spots and "holiday/tourism" places. 

@Jeremy Chaudet I'm a big fan of Philly as my parents are from there and brainwashed me from a young age to be a fan of Philly sports (Fly Eagles Fly!).

The reason I feel that Cleveland is not a good market is that the population has been declining for quite some time, there are a disproportionate amount of houses compared to the population, no large industry, weather that may cause maintenance issues down the line, and then there's the Cleveland Browns (sorry, could resist a loving jab at our sports team).The positives, while I view them as not enough to outweigh the negatives, are homes are cheap (but so is rent), at least it's not Detroit, and the homes are readily available for purchase and rehabbing.

My buddy and I grew up playing sports, saw each other just about every other day, had experienced deployments together, and even experienced great loss together when our third co-best-friend crashed his motorcycle in front of both of us and died in our arms. 

These points go for all of them RtR, REI, JWB, Memphis Invest, Pinnacle Properties, Martel, etc.

It takes work, I've seen people invite their bankers to a sporting event or dinner/drink after work when they have a major deal to work on, or send a nice "thank you" gift when it's all done.

Real estate is a lot more fun as a team sport.

I enjoy time with family and friends, outdoors, and sports.

With the Sport's arena in Inglewood, that's an area worth considering - - block by block matters.