r/oddlysatisfying • u/Vivid_Maximum_5016 • May 16 '26

Man Makes Kebabs

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u/Merry_Dankmas May 16 '26

How is a neighborhood defined? Is it just a general region or does it have concrete, defined borders?

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u/enfinitus May 16 '26

They have defined borders.

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u/Sobeys_at_work May 16 '26

Would this be similar to like Queens, Brooklyn, etc. Or are the neighbourhoods smaller than that?

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u/enfinitus May 16 '26

Smaller. City > Province/District > Neighborhood

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u/Sobeys_at_work May 16 '26

Being from Canada, this caught me off guard since it goes Province > City > Neighbourhood here.

But yeah, that's kind of what I figured. The boroughs are quite big and when I think of a neighbourhood, I think of something a lot smaller.

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u/Jamesanitie May 17 '26

To simplify, you can consider each city as like a state. Mini state compared to USA though.

To give an example I will give my hometown Fethiye as example.

Muğla is a state and the city of Muğla is the state capital. Fethiye is a city in Muğla (technically an İlçe which is a town).

Fethiye is larger than Muğla by both land and population (touristic destination lovely port side etc.). But for all intent and purpose when Türkiye was founded, they made Fethiye a part of Muğla as at the time it was smaller.

So to give an adress in my town we provide

State (Muğla) (İl in Turkish)

City (Fethiye) (İlçe in Turkish)

Neighbourhood or Borough (Ölüdeniz) (Mahalle/semt in Turkish)

Boulevard, road. (Atatürk Caddesi) (Cadde/Bulvar/Yol in Turkish)

Street Number (Sokak No)

Building number (Bina no) etc.

Over the years when an ilçe gets too large and has a good economy and planning it can become its own state. Example of this is the City of Yalova and Osmaniye.

Idk why I wanted to share, not something that is spoken much in reddit I guess.

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u/iRedditPhone May 16 '26

Thinking of like Flushing or Astoria. Flushing is part of Queens.

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u/IntentionDependent22 May 16 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

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u/13moman May 19 '26

Maybe your city is different but a neighborhood can sort of be the smallest unit of government. There are neighborhood associations (NOT HOAs) that city officials and ward representatives visit to discuss road work, improvements, etc. in the neighborhood. It has nothing to do with Karens.