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What makes the maps that the city makes up better than the ones that the real estate agents make up? If people are using the latter to determine where to live,
by daveFNbuck 8y ago
What makes the maps that the city makes up better than the ones that the real estate agents make up? If people are using the latter to determine where to live, doesn't that define a neighborhood?
- bkor 8y agoCity council determines the areas within a city; it is NOT made up. Some areas are much more popular than others. Leaving this to random people is absurd. The areas don't suddenly change. Anyway, this is how it is like in The Netherlands.
- daveFNbuck 8y agoSo the maps made by the city council are superior because they're a better reflection of how popular an area is?
- extralego 8y agoNo. It defines advertising. Neighborhoods imply far more than geography; things like culture, traditions, cooperation, people define a neighborhood. This is, among other things, the contents of trust. The idea of a foundation on which to make a happy life amongst they neighbors can involve many different things, so it’s vague, but the most important part is that the participants themselves are who develops the neighborhood; not capitalists trying to profit from it. Gentrification is a prime example of where this becomes a cruel and unusual form of manipulation, but it’s not the only one. What Google is doing should absolutely be considered a crime.
- reaperducer 8y agoWhat makes the maps that the city makes up better than the ones that the real estate agents make up? In this case, the city designations are important because each year the city divides a pot of money that goes to supplemental infrastructure improvements in each neighborhood. Because it's supplemental money, it is a fixed amount for each neighborhood. If a neighborhood's boundaries increase, then money available for improvements in that neighborhood is stretched thinner. If a neighborhood's boundaries shrink, then more money is available for improvements per block. This is why boundaries matter, and why they are codified.
- daveFNbuck 8y agoThat's a good reason for why the city shouldn't arbitrarily change its official definitions of neighborhood boundaries without also changing budget allocations. Why shouldn't everyone else define neighborhoods however they feel is most useful to them?
- Retric 8y agoWho else should make that decision? Agents will arbitrarily change maps basted on what their current listing are and would happily change them daily. Longer term there is little point changing place names as changing demographics will eventually adjust the meaning of these names even if no lines move on a map.
- Spivak 8y agoNobody/Everybody, if people start calling a region by a name it makes sense to record the usage and put it on the map. Sure, it probably makes perfections and planners twitch but it makes maps more useful.
- extralego 8y agoI notice a lot of Americans love referring to Canada as “Canadia”. I can’t make a bit of sense out of it, but by your logic we should update the maps already.
- com2kid 8y agoThe maps made by the city have legal impact. They control everything from funding to allocation of community resources. For example, in my city each neighborhood has an official community association that is acts as a liaison to the city. Improvement projects are also designated by neighborhood, long term planning and resource allocation is on a per-neighborhood basis.