LA has us whipped on neighborhood names

Whipped, I tell you.

Chicago has nearly 300 neighborhoods (you’ll soon see them all in Yo’s neighborhood guide), but only 77 are official. LA racks up 178 official neighborhoods, according to the Los Angeles City Nerd via LA Observed.

More to the point, Chicago doesn’t have names that resonate like Tarzana Safari Walk or Mariachi Plaza or Toy District.

And we don’t have blue signs — or any signs – in every neighborhood like LA does. How’s a poor Chicagoan to know whether she’s in Bucktown or Wicker Park or Noble Square?

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