Do the Funky Census
Even demographics can be fun when you give each group their own hip-sounding name. (Link via Howard Sherman.) My Park Slope nabe, for example is filled with the Bohemian Mix, Young Digerati, Urban Achievers, Money & Brains and Urban Elders. My old West Village digs were almost exactly the same except that American Dreams replaced the Urban Elders. However, my parents in Bakersfield, Calif. (where I grew up) are surrounded by Middleburg Managers, White Picket Fences, City Startups, Sunset City Blues and Boomtown Singles. USA Today also has an interesting little story about how the new labels are more important than things other than just race and income. Check your Zip code here.
- posted by Amy @ 12/19/2003 06:16:00 PM