Clevelanders had a lot to say when asked why young families aren’t flocking to a city where home prices are $200,000 lower than the national median.

Each day, I send a text message to more than 3,500 subscribers through our Subtext platform, (You can sign up for free at joinsubtext.com/chrisquinn .) and this week, I asked something that’s baffled many of us:

Why don’t young families flock to Greater Cleveland... If you were in your 20s or 30s and didn’t need to live near relatives, would you start a family here—or move to one of those booming, high-cost cities like Nashville, Austin, Charlotte or Orlando?

More than 330 people replied. Their thoughts fall into four broad themes: jobs and opportunity, politics and state image, weather and image, and culture and leadership. Many offere

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