Clifton Heights/University Heights/Fairview (CUF) Neighborhood Overview

🧭Generally defined as the area: Straight Street and Clifton Avenue to the north, Jefferson Avenue and Vine Street bordering Corryville and Mount Auburn to the east, McMicken Avenue and Central Parkway above the basin to the south, and I-75 and the Mill Creek valley to the west

📌Widely recognized as the place for: Cheap eats where $5 still buys you dinner, rowdy Bearcats, stoop sunsets over the basin that'll make you forgive the sketchy parts

👕You can spot a Clifton Heights/University Heights/Fairview (CUF) local by: backpack tan lines, Skyline gold card from eating there three times a week, knees bruised from hills that should legally require climbing gear

👍Locals live here because: Walkable chaos, dirt cheap slices at Adriatico's until 3am, campus energy and rent that won't bankrupt you immediately

👎Don't say we didn't warn you about: siren lullabies that become white noise after a month, porch couches left by students who graduated in 2009, parking hide and seek

✨The overall feel is: Rowdy hills, ramen fueled sunsets and the constant hum of students who don't sleep