Pics of Cleveland (Rocky River, Fremont, Camden: DMV, horses, trees)

[bjimmy24]

Originally Posted by Kamms

Thanks extremely unfunny Mike Polk!! You did ''your hometown'' a great public relations favor with this video. This video has often times replaced the ''burning river'' image.

Mike Polk is kinda a poser. He used Cleveland as a punchline to publicize himself (and make some cash) but he's supposedly the face of Cleveland comedy now?

For millennials at least, people are much more likely to have seen these unfunny videos than a picture of the Cuyahoga River fire (whether it's actually the Cuyahoga or the Moscow River, as the media likes to do).

A black eye for the city. The videos aren't even particularly relevant anymore. The bit about the Flats especially. Laughably inaccurate now.

[Kamms]

Originally Posted by bjimmy24

Mike Polk is kinda a poser. He used Cleveland as a punchline to publicize himself (and make some cash) but he's supposedly the face of Cleveland comedy now?

For millennials at least, people are much more likely to have seen these unfunny videos than a picture of the Cuyahoga River fire (whether it's actually the Cuyahoga or the Moscow River, as the media likes to do).

A black eye for the city. The videos aren't even particularly relevant anymore. The bit about the Flats especially. Laughably inaccurate now.

...and he's from somewhere like Warren, OH. A street interview during the RNC last year had a young women commenting that all she knew about Cleveland was this video prior to visiting for the convention. Of course she liked Cleveland but that video seems to be the new burning river image.

[bjimmy24]

Originally Posted by Kamms

...and he's from somewhere like Warren, OH. A street interview during the RNC last year had a young women commenting that all she knew about Cleveland was this video prior to visiting for the convention. Of course she liked Cleveland but that video seems to be the new burning river image.

True. He certainly doesn't have a Cleveland accent.

[Cleveland_Collector]

Originally Posted by bjimmy24

I believe these people are actual downtown residents. City centers across the country tend to have similar types of rich, late 20s early 30s childless, attractive, and boring people.But yes, pretty shallow indeed. But it isn't a Cleveland ad, just a downtown Cleveland ad, so I can't really say it's wrong.

Maybe include a scene with 20 people smoking outside the casino, cops yelling at people, navigating through crowds of people waiting for buses on Public Square and a nice January lake gust cutting through town as everyone pulls their scarves up over their faces.

That would be like the "...stays in Vegas" commercials showing you anywhere on the strip north of Sands Avenue or the I-heart-NY promos featuring the Times Square subway station. Call me crazy, but I'm pretty sure the whole point of advertising is to highlight the perceived benefits of a product or location.

Originally Posted by shagster

Try the following Cleveland promo. Click on the link 'watch this video on Youtube' if the video doesn't play.

Welcome to a hundred years ago, champ.

[bjimmy24]

Originally Posted by Cleveland_Collector

That would be like the "...stays in Vegas" commercials showing you anywhere on the strip north of Sands Avenue or the I-heart-NY promos featuring the Times Square subway station. Call me crazy, but I'm pretty sure the whole point of advertising is to highlight the perceived benefits of a product or location.

I was responding to a post about authenticity, not tourism. I said that yes part of it is authentic but part of it clearly isn't. Not once did I suggest that would make a good marketing idea.

[1watertiger]

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[jfre81]

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[mbowes80]

Looking northeast from the Cleveland Hostel (and up W. 25th at the left edge)