This video has been everywhere by now, but we feel it’s our civic duty to share the lament of Browns fans, who are kind of like Seahawks fans but without the nice city to live in.

The guy in this video, Mike Polk, has previously given us such internet delights as the hastily made Cleveland tourism video and the worst TV reel ever. So I guess it’s fitting that he lives in the worst city ever with the worst team ever. Though I’ll open the floor to Detroit for that debate.

THIS GUY MOVED TO CLEVELAND TO ROOT FOR THE BROWNS. Seriously, that’s almost too sad to fabricate, but no. Eric Barr, formerly of East Hartford, CT, left his job, family and friends to move TO Cleveland. He has no furniture, and apparently, no common sense. And we haven’t even gotten to the part where Barr had driven 566 miles to see Browns home games. EVERY home game. For the last three years.

And that was in a 1992 Nissan Sentra with a top speed of 54 mph.

Barr knows nobody in Cleveland. He inherited his love of the Browns from his father. He had never lived in Cleveland, either. His favorite thing about Cleveland? “You can buy beer on Sundays!” Oh, Eric. You and Cleveland were made for each other. H/T Upstate Underdog

The first hastily made Cleveland tourism ad, like the city it was promoting, was an utter disaster. According to the YouTube page, “So The Cleveland Board of Tourism was not happy with the first video that I turned in. In fact, they said that upon viewing it, three of the board members moved away.” But worry not, they’re at it again, and it looks as though they got it right this time. Great success, filmmaker. I almost want to move there to see the first gay quarterback to receiver combo.

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This fake tourism ad for Cleveland is undeniably charming, even if it is piling on top of a decade or two of “Cleveland sucks” jokes.  Just think, this abject hellhole would be far and away the most unlivable city in the NFL if it didn’t get such stiff competition from Baltimore, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Jacksonville, Buffalo, Cincinnati, and Green Bay.  And Houston ain’t no dream, either.

Discussion: Imagine if you had to live in an AFC North city.  Is Cincinnati actually the nicest city in the division?  Or do the race riots push the needle to… Pittsburgh?   What about death?  Is death an option?

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