[As usual for these map-based posts, the bigger your screen, the better.] Today, let us consider the single-family detached home (SFDH). Specifically, neighborhoods that are made up of them. I'm going to use the same two sets of data that I've used in previous posts: the US Census' American Community Survey (ACS), and the Microsoft … Continue reading A Range of Neighborhoods

'Osama' is, or at least was, a perfectly normal Arabic name. It was never particularly popular in the United States; in the decade before the 9/11 attacks (1991-2000) an average of 45 American boys were given that name YearBoys named Osama199143199236199334199436199538199648199744199847199965200054 Needless to say, in the years following the attacks the count dropped precipitously: YearBoys … Continue reading You Named Him WHAT?!