Top Neighborhood Names

urbanmappinginc — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:41:00 +0000

From the home office in San Francisco, CA, Umibot unveils the first (of future periodic) installment of Most Common Neighborhood Names in the United States…

Downtown
West End
Midtown
Northwest
Northeast
Old Town
Riverside
Uptown
Central
Highland Park
Southwest
Chinatown

There doesn’t seem to be too much that is surprising here, but it is interesting to note that there are close to 200 instances of Downtown and close to 20 instances of Chinatown. Neighborhood names are truly a long tail!

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Top Neighborhood Names