There are a number of ways one can drive from Warren, Ohio, to Cleveland, and their merits are debated endlessly among the North Eastern Ohio folks (“NEOs we are called these days) from the Mahoning Valley. I have always favored taking Route 422. Others prefer the turnpike, a contrarian few insist that Route 5 to 14 is the best bet.

Mostly these debates are in the context of having to get to First Energy Stadium, Progressive Field or Quicken Loans Arena before kick-off, the first pitch or tip-off. In the old days the destinations were Municipal Stadium (the loved-hated “Muni,” or “Mistake by the Lake,”) the Cleveland Arena, or for two decades beginning in 1974, the Richfield Coliseum, which required an entirely different driving directions debate.