[Talk-us] place=neighborhood on subdivisions?

[Brian Stromberg]

If suburb is a commonly understood and useful concept in other countries
then it seems good to keep it around. I don't really know what the
implications are of retirement or what the process would be. I would
instead advocate for country-specific guidance on its usage.

--
Brian


On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 11:38 AM Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 8:32 AM Brian Stromberg <brian.stromberg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This contradicts the OSM wiki but seems like the only way to avoid
>> confusion.
>>
>
> Much like sport=american_football vs sport=soccer, this makes sense.
> Maybe it's time to retire place=suburb as a tag due to its ambiguity?
>
>
>> The only reason I can think of to use 'suburb' as a tag in the context of
>> the United States would be if a tag indicating 'central city' or something
>> similar was introduced.
>>
>
> Ostensibly, that's what place=city was supposed to be, but not helping OSM
> would be that some places have cities and towns of different legal
> importance (Oklahoma), or "it's a city or it's not a city" with no room for
> nuance (Oregon).  Not making things any easier is how lopsided populations
> are in the US, a midsize municipality is about 5500 people.  Once you get
> to about 90,000, you're in the top 2% largest anything in the US.
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