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Toledo, OH
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Explore Toledo OH like you would Toledo Spain...
I'm a born and raised Toledoan who has been here for close to 40 years. I also have traveled to many other states and cities...even out of the country a few times.
Toledo gets a horrible rep from folks who don't know how and/or don't want to explore what the city has to offer; which is a lot if you actually look around.
If someone who lives in a city Toledo's size says that the city has nothing to do or go, they're saying that because they are purposely overlooking the many obvious and various shows, shops, restaurants, "spots", activities, businesses, etc... that they turn their noses up at because Toledo isn't a bigger city. There is NO WAY that anyone who says they have gone everywhere there is to go and/or done everything to do in Toledo is telling the truth. I had an ex who would say there was nothing to do and no where to go in Toledo, and when we started dating and I would take her to different places around the city she would frequently remark that she didn't know certain places were here even though she was another born and raised Toledoan for more than 30 years at the time.
Being a smaller city than Columbus or Cleveland helps keep the crime lower than in bigger cities such as those aforementioned cities. Crime happens in EVERY CITY though, so if you don't like a city having crime you're going to hate living in any city. Higher population equals higher crime rates. Also, just like any city there are areas where crime rates are higher because of gentrification, brain drain, etc...but thankfully for Toledo and the surrounding areas, there are people still opening and running plenty of businesses that generate jobs which means that there are less unemployed people turning to crime.
Having traveled around to many other places, I've learned that every place has advantages and disadvantages. I've also learned how to explore where I live just like I explore where I travel to. If there's something you can't find in Toledo, then that is probably because you choose not to look in Toledo.