My house is technically in a subdivision named Murray Heights, but I have only
seen that name on the deed, and on maps. In the 21 years I have lived here, I
have never heard anyone use that name. The subdivision was built in the late
1950s, and, unlike some other local subdivisions, there aren't any permanent
signs in place as you enter the subdivision.
According to the post office, my house is in the Woodbine postal district,
named after a small town that was subsequently swallowed up by the expansion of
Nashville. However, when people refer to the Woodbine area, they usually mean
the approximate area of the old town, several miles from my house.
I usually refer to my neighborhood as Antioch, the name of another small town
that has expanded outward, even though the official border of Antioch,
according to the post office, is about 300 feet from my house.
Bryce Nesbitt <bry...@obviously.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 11/giu/2013, at 21:07, Mike N <nice...@att.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Often, I can't determine the subdivision boundary from either Bing
> or a
> > survey; I'd need to see an organization map which would be of
> questionable
> > license.
> >
> > or ask the people that live there, would that be feasible?
>
>
> Sometimes subdivisions map cleanly to neighborhoods. But not always.
>
> In the USA aspirational neighborhoods are common, if not the rule. As
> a
> neighborhood gets trendy more and more people at the edges (and more
> and
> more Realtors) latch on to that name.
>
> The Zillow data is a very rigid idea of what a neighborhood is.
> Walk three blocks away from "Noe Valley" and ask what neighborhood you
> are
> in,
> and you're likely to get four answers. Capturing that diversity would
> produce a far more useful neighborhood guide than just importing
> Zillow.
>
>
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