Comments on It's in the CD

Sprawling? Oh lordy.

By comparison, Mexico City only has 15 neighborhoods. Mexico City!

What about Magnetic Pole and the Gentrifangle? Are you gonna put up a poll?

Hey, whatever happened to Lenny Leonard, dammit?!? That name is brilliant! Brilliant, I tell you!

Or heck, look at Paris.

Mannhood.

And naming it Burner Triangle because there're some Burning Man enthusiasts living nearby? Oh God, puh-lease.

The fucking CD. Now that's brillant.

Isn't the southern part of it called Judkins Park?

I always called it "you know, over by deano's?" when referring to that area.

What part of the "CeeDee" is "Da Hood"?

do you compulsively label everything inside your house too? 3-block 'neighborhoods' are fucking retarded.

Why, yes, Mr. Mizzel. I do label the parts of my house. The kitchen, the dining room, the bedroom... Only compulsive people do this, huh?

As for "retarded" three-block neighborhoods, you proudly announced on your blog that you lived in one - LA's Baldwin Village, AKA The Jungle - and you even posted a map of it: http://thursdayplantation.blogspot.com/2006/12/jungles.html

#1, ironically, the Wikipedia entry for Mexico City that is the source of the image you link to has this to say about the 15 boroughs of Mexico City:

"The boroughs are composed by hundreds of colonias or neighborhoods, which have no jurisdictional autonomy or representation."

The boroughs of Mexico City are equivalent to the boroughs of New York. They aren't neighborhoods, they're essentially cities in their own right, each with hundreds of other neighborhoods.

A city like Seattle doesn't have a direct equivalent, but its larger neighborhood areas could be seen as districts, sometimes right in the name. The CD is a "district," not a neighborhood. So it's fair to want a separate neighborhood identity for each part.

Personally, I'm in favor of "the fucking CD."

Actually, though, Burner Triangle would fit - it's practically the only reason I ever go there.

Totally agree with Cascadian.

Here in San Francisco I'm constantly learning the names of micro-neighborhoods within neighborhoods within districts. Landwise, we're tinier than Seattle, but with our density the distinctions are still abt.

Wish I had a name to add to the pile, but I'm guessing that neighborhood has changed quite a bit since the Party Hall days when I visited it most.

I live here and I'd definitely support "the fucking CD." Seriously, though, instead of inventing crap, just call it "North CD". That's what it is. Not a very exciting name, yeah, but then neither is North Capitol Hill.

My first choice would be Shithole Triangle, on account of what a shithole it is and it's distinctly triangular shape.

Next would be Whoresville, given that I was once propositioned by a whore as I exited the Safeway on Madison and 23rd.

Crackview also seems appropriate given that the neighborhood boasts such a fine view of all the crack dealing just across Madison street.

Lastly, Cancerford or Tumormont seems fitting given all the radiation coming from those huge radio towers.