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I thought about tacking this to some other thread topic, but thought the title deserved its own distinction.
It's an interesting article in The Atlantic - discussing how cities are rediscovering the importance of tying residents to that smaller neighborhood name, how that distinct sense of place makes people happier with where they live.
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2012/01/awkward-art-neighborhood-naming/843/
Ask someone from Indianapolis to describe where in the city they live and they’ll probably respond with the name of their home’s subdivision or make a vague directional reference like, “the West Side.”Most residents couldn’t come up with their neighborhood in a city that, according to information technologist and urban analyst Aaron M. Renn, has had a weak sense of neighborhood since the city and county governments consolidated into one unified entity about two decades ago.
And the whole article made me think - Columbus isn't like this, I think. The people I encounter know exactly what pocket neighborhood they live in, and cling to its borders fiercely. Why is that, doyathink? Is that really indicative of Columbus as a whole, or only the nerds that I know?
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