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Originally Posted by esquire
^ If we're talking about poor neighbourhoods, then we should say that. Is it any surprise that so many people are down on urban neighbourhoods generally when they think that term is a euphemism for poor, run down areas? When analysts only make the worst neighbourhoods part of their discussion, they are reinforcing that image.
Quiet, pleasant, prosperous neighbourhoods are also part of the "inner city". Let's stop ignoring that.
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Definition of the inner city has always been an issue in Winnipeg. According to the City, they don't officially define the "inner city", but they use the definition of the "core area" developed in the 80s by the Core Area Initiative.
http://winnipeg.ca/census/includes/Geographies.stm
Everything I've read over the years starts by acknowledging the lack of definition of the inner city, and then proceeds by using the admittedly flawed CAI definition.
Lots of inner city-like neighbourhoods are left out of the CAI boundaries (minto, sargent park, weston, etc.). I'm not sure why the city sticks to the outdated geography.