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Interesting that on the Area Vibes map you linked to it says "Downtown Sharlotte" with an S. I do like the color overlay, though. It's funny how people claim they live in South Park when they really live in Olde Providence. Or similarly, they say they live in Ballantyne when they live in Indian Land. I think everyone should get an intro map when they move here.
This map has many deficiencies. The original intent wasn't to identify Charlotte neighborhoods and then delineate boundaries for them. Instead, these areas are old neighborhood statistical areas delineated by Charlotte for use in their Quality of Life study. Once delineated, they were given names, but the names often don't apply well to the areas delineated. Often, one subdivision name was selected to represent a larger area. It seems like the neighborhood names selected were ones that had registered for the city's neighborhood contacts list. Sometimes the names seem to have come out of thin air and have no relationship to anything with the area boundaries.
The city no longer uses these neighborhood statistical areas. Instead, they use census block groups in their Quality of Life study, and these do not have names.
Unfortunately Google Maps picked these up and display the often misleading names, and other sites, such as this one, use them as well, perpetuating the errors.
This map has many deficiencies. The original intent wasn't to identify Charlotte neighborhoods and then delineate boundaries for them. Instead, these areas are old neighborhood statistical areas delineated by Charlotte for use in their Quality of Life study. Once delineated, they were given names, but the names often don't apply well to the areas delineated. Often, one subdivision name was selected to represent a larger area. It seems like the neighborhood names selected were ones that had registered for the city's neighborhood contacts list. Sometimes the names seem to have come out of thin air and have no relationship to anything with the area boundaries.
The city no longer uses these neighborhood statistical areas. Instead, they use census block groups in their Quality of Life study, and these do not have names.
Unfortunately Google Maps picked these up and display the often misleading names, and other sites, such as this one, use them as well, perpetuating the errors.
Yep, the data is terrible too.
I was looking at stats to determine why an area I work was rated so dangerous, and the crime rate they reported was crazy high. Turns out their number was "estimated".
When I compared it to CMPD data it was grossly erroneous. I don't have much stock in its utility.
My first clue should have been all the missing neighborhood's.
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