LeBron leaving Cleveland?
Last time a global icon left everything went wrong. In 2001, Sea World in Aurora, Ohio closed. Shamu left, and the area of North East Ohio began it’s tailspin into despair.
In 2002 LTV Steel closes and unemployment rose over 10%, Cuyahoga county led the nation in foreclosures per capita for two consecutive years and in 2008 Forbes names Cleveland ‘Most Devastated City in America.’
Which being named the most devastated city for 2008 was quite an accomplishment considering New Orleans had just been wiped out by tropical storm Katrina. The entire town of New Orleans was washed away, people were floating around in the ocean holding onto debris that was once their home and say to each other, “Hey it could be worse, it could be Lake Erie”
The people of Ohio were able to find solace in one thing, the homegrown basketball superstar LeBron James. However if James’s leaves there is fear that the city will be devastated beyond repair.
Cleveland is very dependent on it’s extreme …
