06-12-2017, 09:38 AM
"This reminds me that you seldom, if ever, hear the descriptor "East Ward" anymore. Of the four old wards, East always seemed to have the strongest identity, istm."
That's not the experience I have at all- I hear constant references to East Ward, especially in real estate (I just checked MLS and, sure enough, there are two listings that identify the homes as being in the "East Ward" in the description). When I used to work on that side of downtown, colleagues (including non-locals) seemed to have a good understanding of where East Ward was, and to use the term.
I live in North Ward, and almost never hear references to it (and almost only ever in real estate contexts).
That's not the experience I have at all- I hear constant references to East Ward, especially in real estate (I just checked MLS and, sure enough, there are two listings that identify the homes as being in the "East Ward" in the description). When I used to work on that side of downtown, colleagues (including non-locals) seemed to have a good understanding of where East Ward was, and to use the term.
I live in North Ward, and almost never hear references to it (and almost only ever in real estate contexts).