Talk:Borough (New York City)
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[edit] Confusing sentence
Nice article, but I am a bit confused by "differs significantly from other borough forms of government used in the New York City area and elsewhere". There are other forms of borough government in NYC? That doesn't make sense to me. Does it mean the greater NYC area? --W.marsh 18:53, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry for the awkward and ambiguous sentence. It was reworded to refer to the surrounding Tri-State Region, where there are forms of boroughs in New Jersey, Connecticut and in Pennsylvania. Alansohn 14:04, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Good Article, overall. I am especially a fan of the map showing the five borough. Perhaps a definition of borough and its origin (etymology) might be a good addition?
- That sort of thing is more suited for the more general article, Borough. — Larry V (talk) 18:46, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
I think that the sentence could still use some refinement. New York is not the only city in the country (let alone the world) that is organized into boroughs; see the references cited in Political subdivisions of Virginia#Boroughs. Doctor Whom 16:22, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Should add a bit more
I am from NYC, particularly Staten Island, and thought that there should be a bit more added. Maybe include slight info on each borough? Talk about how the government is slightly different from the rest of the NYC area? SKREAM 02:43, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Consistency in Graphics
The map should present the boroughs in the canonical (alphabetical) order as the text.
Brooklyn should be the same color in both graphics.
--ChrisEich 21:37, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
- indeed.. this is very confusing, and needs to be changed. 131.111.8.97 10:25, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
- The colours bothered me, so I changed Brooklyn to yellow. --Quite 08:58, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
I live in New York City (Queens) and ive never heard of Philly Florida and ESPECIALLY ISRAEL as the "Sixth Borough". The only places i heard as the sixth borough are the Rockaway penninsula, The Lower East Side and Hudson county and newark. Philly/Florida/ISRAEL!!?....
