[Talk-us] Admin Level for Neighborhoods?

[Randy]

David ``Smith'' wrote:

>On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Ian Dees <ian.dees at gmail.com> wrote:
>>Has anyone decided on a admin_level to tag for neighborhoods in a city?
>>
>>I'd like to import some neighborhood boundary data that my local
>>municipalities have given out.
>
>Assuming these neighborhoods do indeed have some kind of
>administrating body, I'd use admin_level=10.

Ah, but what if they do not have a administrative body. Most neighborhoods 
have, at most, a neighborhood association, which has no legal 
administrative authority, but acts as a common voice to the city for its 
citizens, and may perform other functions (such as, in our case, 
negotiating a group natural gas extraction lease for the residents, or 
purchasing street sign toppers that have the name of the neighborhood). 
Still, the boundaries of the neighborhoods are recognized by, and, in 
fact, usually established by the city.

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Randy