Neighborhood

small Residential area

smallest unit of Urban Planning?

• varying definitions: Census Tract, zip code, etc
• According to the Department of City Planning, NYC contains 339 neighborhoods, ranging in size from just a couple city blocks to sprawling districts.
  • vs 2,168 census tracts

data for picking: Opportunity Atlas

best scope for Sharing Goods? and maybe Disaster Response?

some services (Location, HyperLocal)

• OutsideIn?
• NextDoor
• R Block http://www.rblock.com/ (SF only?)
• Front Porch Forum (VT only?)

make your own service?

• FaceBook or Ning group
  • MeetUp?
• make a Wiki
• meta challenges: (a) promoting it to your neighbors, (b) controlling access (if it matters that a user really be a neighbor)