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neutronicus t1_j18zmt0 wrote

Hmm, both the Bolton Hill and Greater Mondawmin numbers on the map in this article disagree with the ones on this Baltimore City Planning Department map, and even just going on shape of the tract it looks like the boundaries match. Do wish the article did the Google Maps overlay like the BCPD map.

Anyway, I hope the City at least follows through with some of the Druid Hill road diet stuff to give Mondawmin residents better pedestrian access to the zoo and the rest of Druid Hill Park (this sadly is one initiative that is probably not helped by the neighborhood skewing older).

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bOhsohard t1_j19g6hd wrote

I know the person who did that web app - it’s because the article just uses census tracts whereas the DoP used census blocks and aggregated up into custom geographies using a proportional split methodology, followed by some slight hand-aligning of groups to new geography. This means that some neighborhoods might have about 5-10% margin of error in population, however it’s important to remember that app is to provide general context/understanding with Baltimore’s super custom neighborhood geography

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neutronicus t1_j19sn4f wrote

Thanks for the explanation!

Figured it was some kind of binning discrepancy - to be clear you’re saying the DoP one has the 5-10% margin? Or the one presented in the article

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bOhsohard t1_j19ueuv wrote

DoP

And less binning and more different geographies/sampling methods.

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S-Kunst t1_j1al8zj wrote

I hope this was a less than a full article. Other wise it is like watching the same prequel for the last 50 yrs. It is a shame that we have to keep educating the public about the many bad things that were planned, just before and after WWII to create American city ghettos. Some of us have known the causes for years, but we never get to the phase of possible cures. Its no different than watching a movie about the black death but never getting to the cure. I am not sure if a full length article comparing Bolton Hill to Mondawmin would be any better, as I know the article would spend most of its ink on rehashing what is already known.
What I want to hear are possible solutions and plans to try them, evaluate them and move on to the next one if that one does not work. I don't expect the first one or the 100th one to be the perfect answer. That is how research is done. Edison failed hundreds of times, with his invention of the incandescent light, even the one that did work, better than the others, had to be refined. We have spent 50 yrs in the idle mode. always listening to the nay-sayers and fear mongers who want the status quo to continue. Most of them are located out side the city anyway.

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