On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Serge Wroclawski <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 6:42 AM, Nathan Edgars II <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 6:28 AM, Serge Wroclawski <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> In other words, CDPs have no real-world significance, and are intended >>>> only for statistical purposes. >>> >>> That's just not the case. >>> >>> Look at my town of Silver Spring, Maryland >>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland), and where I >>> work, Bethesda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland). >> >> Um... the place has real world significance. The specific boundaries >> chosen by the Census Bureau don't. > > Except they do. I know where Silver Spring is and I know where > Bethesda is. I even know where "North Bethesda" is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland#Geography "The definitions used by the Silver Spring Urban Planning District, the United States Postal Service, the Greater Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce, etc., are all different, each defining it for its own purposes." Which one do you "know"?
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