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On 11/giu/2013, at 21:07, Mike N <<a href="mailto:niceman@att.net">niceman@att.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> 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.<br>
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</div>or ask the people that live there, would that be feasible?</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sometimes subdivisions map cleanly to neighborhoods. But not always.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The Zillow data is a very rigid idea of what a neighborhood is.</div><div>Walk three blocks away from "Noe Valley" and ask what neighborhood you are in,</div><div>and you're likely to get four answers. Capturing that diversity would produce a far more useful neighborhood guide than just importing Zillow.</div>
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