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| Google Maps and Chicago Neighborhoods |
| Wed February 25th, 2009 at 7:31 PM PST |
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In searching for a new apartment close to school, I notice that Google has once again changed the neighborhoods it lists for Chicago. This time, they've attempted to define the nebulous "Tri-Taylor" area, which I still don't understand the etymology of, and added in "University Village / Little Italy" among some others. Both welcome changes, since these are the names everyone uses these days. The only thing left is the stupid "Lower West Side" label. Yes, I know the "Lower West Side" is one of the 77 official community areas cooked up by the U of C back in the day, but nobody uses that term. Instead, "Pilsen" has been almost universally used to refer to that neighborhood for a very long time, since the turn of the century when Pilsen was heavily Bohemian, not Mexican as it is today (Pilsen is a city in the Czech Republic). So please, Google, get rid of this "Lower West Side" nonsense and call it what the residents have called it for a hundred years: Pilsen. (Edit: not the only stupid one: I've never heard Little Village actually referred to as "South Lawndale." Get rid of that one too.) |
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