[OSM-talk] How to map quarters?

[Liz]

On Sat, 12 Sep 2009, Frankie Roberto wrote:
> > Well I mentioned it before, but I really believe that for something like
> > the French Quarter, it is better to use locality.
>
> I've always used suburb, but locality might be a good alternative.
>
> Another question is: is it better to map quarters as areas or nodes?

they are not a locality in the English I know, and although resident in 
australia, I am a native speaker of English,

To me these Quarters, usually a part of an old city, need a separate tag.
We could then use that tag for Chinatown in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.