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Originally Posted by mrjanejacobs
I don't like the term "ward" - I find it sounds hyper-administrative.
I like to call them boroughs or preferably communities or even quarters (quartiers). I think 'community' is nice because it is a throw-back to NL tradition of communities and calling them as such. It also sounds pretty... friendly  and welcoming. Then again we could have political wards/boroughs with smaller communities of about 5000 people just for the sake of community-building. |
Is there really any difference except in name between a borough and a ward? Borough does sound better, and is most prominently known in describing the areas of New York which are very well defined historically. If St John's were to fully amalgamate its region, "boroughs" might sound better in the sense of providing identity - the "Borough of Mt. Pearl" does sound better than ward. To use "community" is a bit too vague or ambiguous, since in Newfoundland that was the term most commonly used to describe outports, and is also commonly used for ethnic groups.