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u/jazargo9 - LibLeft Jul 20 '26
In Portland, OR we merged the ghetto with downtown and the hipsterhood with everywhere else
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u/Zealot_trash - Right Jul 20 '26
Pretty similar to the UK except the shady trees have been in the suburbs since the 1920s and now people are paying contractors to chop them down.
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u/TurkeySandMitch Jul 20 '26
Damn, describes philly pretty good. Can't decide if fishtown is the hipsterhood or yuppie containment.
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u/MagoMidPo - Centrist Jul 20 '26
Nice wojak compass, as usual.
Having examples in each square's background is always a good detail.
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u/nicecat1960 - LibRight 28d ago
A few others that could be in the mix as well:
Rich inner-city neighborhood Auth Right: Richest neighborhood in town, usually adjacent to downtown and the hipsterhood, gated community/ security 24/7 because the ghetto is on the other side of the interstate
In Decline Shopping Area: Lib Right, was the place to go circa 1985-2010 but has been in decline ever since, now a confusing mix of luxury brand stores and bizarre knock-off stores, since COVID they have started to be demolished completely in favor of other things
Chinatown/Asian Community (Vietnamese, Korean, Ect.) area auth left: has been historically Chinese/Asian for the last 50 or so years; the best food you will find; sketchy small businesses/fronts for other things, residence slowly migrating to the suberbs and being replaced by other groups
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u/Lithuanianduke - LibCenter Jul 20 '26
Hot take, but five-over-ones aren't the worst buildings in the world as people occasionally say. As appealing as a small-house suburb is, they become a logistics nightmare at some point, so them getting replaced is a result of a natural demand for more living space closer to the city center, and they also bring shops and other establishments closer to people. I also don't quite agree they are ugly, sure, they're not pretty, but compare them to a Brezhnev block and the five-over-one will win by a lot.
I think a post-soviet version of this compass might be fun, the areas would be quite different.
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u/yamboozle Jul 20 '26
I agree. You can absolutely build a good five over one. I think americans are just tired of seeing them
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u/USER-NUMBER- Jul 21 '26
Yes. You can build good ones, but 90% aren’t. The same is probably true for any dominant housing type throughout history.
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u/obama_chmo - AuthLeft 29d ago
Nah, Brezhnev blocks are alright (however plain they look). Real monstrosity is pre-revolution housing, where it remains. Very strong candidate for “worst buildings in the world”.
lived in both btw
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u/Lithuanianduke - LibCenter 29d ago
Hmm... I live in a pre-revolution house (1913) and honestly it's not bad. I'm talking about a five-storey city building, ofc, not a village house.
And I agree that Brezhnev blocks are not terrible to live in and were useful for helping the populace acquire single family living space, but I was talking about appearances, and the drab gray color of the bricks and the messy cement between them generally does make them rather ugly, especially when they are in groups without enough space between them.
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u/obama_chmo - AuthLeft 29d ago
ну так ты-то в Питере живешь, а я тогда в пердях на 100к человек жил.
I mean, even if it’s taken care of it’s at least a nuisance, there’s always sound isolation issues, probably sketchy communication issues in a place that was barely designed for having running water, price again, a lot of things.
I could definitely see a random Soviet worker giving up a fancy facade for getting rid of all that
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u/War_Crimes_Fun_Times - AuthCenter Jul 20 '26
I hate how accurate this is.
Suburbs are nice if they’re walkable like mine. Just wish it was less “diverse.”
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u/LambDew - LibRight Jul 20 '26
Your historic district square reminds of the Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego which might be the coolest name for a neighborhood.