"When there were national articles being written about Toledo and Youngstown, those areas were always pointed out as places that would never, never be back to what they were... But that's changed rapidly as jobs have begun to return and investors have flooded the market."
Cleveland is far from alone in its quest to adapt to a warming climate. As American cities have grown in size and population and gotten hotter, they—not the federal government—have become crucibles for climate action.
"When I got my property tax reevaluation last year, I opened the envelope up and hit the floor," says Beth Blackmarr, a resident of Lakewood and spokesperson of a group organizing to abolish property taxes in Ohio. "Panic."
"With the understanding that Skyline is most specifically associated with the city of Cincinnati and not Cleveland, one may wonder what someone as intensely opinionated as Anthony Bourdain thinks about this chili variant."