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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
but Jmanc misspoke, he was not asking why the far west and southwest sides are separate. he was asking why the far SOUTHWEST side was made up of two non-contiguous parts.
as i said earlier, the answer is likely demographics.
besides, the ike doesn't separate the far west side from the southwest side on that map. none of the city's expressways separate anything on that map.
the boundary between the far west and the southwest side on the map is the BNSF tracks. the same boundary between south lawndale (little village) and north lawndale, which as we all know, are pretty different worlds.
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Ah, my response was to his original question--why the west and southwest sides were separated. And I didn't look at any map, I was speaking generally as to why the community areas would be split in a discussion about demographics. I suppose the boundaries you are referring to are just as arbitrary as mine, yet generally the same.