Twin Cities

Have you ever quibbled with friends over the borders of Uptown? 

We're here to help you settle the debate! 

What's new: Our visual storytelling team came up with a game in which you can draw your boundaries for local neighborhoods and compare your answers to other Axios readers. 

How it works: Follow this link to the game on our website and select your city, then hit play! 

Of note: If you’re not familiar with a neighborhood, you can skip it, and we’ll choose a different one for you to draw.

Yes, and: You can download images of your results to share them with friends and on social media, letting people know where you think your neighborhoods are!

The bottom line: Think you know Minneapolis and St. Paul better than other Axios readers? Now you can prove it.

Test your Twin Cities neighborhood knowledge

If you’re not familiar with a neighborhood, you can skip it

Have you ever quibbled with friends over the borders of Uptown? <ul><li>We&#x27;re here to help you settle the debate! </li></ul>What&#x27;s new: Our visual storytelling team came up with a game in which you can draw your boundaries for local neighborhoods and compare your answers to other Axios readers.

News

Axios Twin Cities, anchored by Torey Van Oot, Nick Halter and Audrey Kennedy, is here to help readers get smarter, faster on the most consequential news and developments unfolding in their own backyard

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Washington D.C.

D.C. is a city of neighborhoods. But have you ever quibbled with friends over where one ends and another begins? Think you know our city better than other Axios subscribers? Here's your chance to prove it.

Axios' visual storytelling team came up with a game to guesstimate the boundaries of our neighborhoods and compare your answers to others.

How it works: Follow this link to play the game.

Don’t forget: You can download images of your results to share them with friends and on social media, letting people know where you think your neighborhoods are.

Interactive game: Map D.C.'s neighborhoods

A GIF of a neighborhood border being drawn

Games

D.C. is a city of neighborhoods. But have you ever quibbled with friends over where one ends and another begins? Think you know our city better than other Axios subscribers? Here&#x27;s your chance to prove it.Axios&#x27; visual storytelling team came up with a game to guesstimate the boundaries of our neighborhoods and compare your answers to others.

Richmond

Think you know where Shockoe Slip starts and ends? What about Church Hill or Scott’s Addition? If you think you know Richmond better than other Axios readers, now you can prove it.

The intrigue: The Axios visual storytelling team came up with a game in which you can draw what you think are the boundaries for your neighborhoods and compare your answers to those of other Axios readers. 

How it works: Follow this link to the game on our website and select your city. Then hit play! 

You’ll get some instructions and then play through, drawing five neighborhoods. 

If you’re not familiar with a neighborhood, you can skip it, and we’ll choose a different one for you to draw.

At the end you can compare your answers to the average of other Axios readers to see how similar or different your guesses were.

Don’t forget: You can download images of your results to share them with friends and on social media, letting people know where you think the neighborhoods are!

Draw Richmond's neighborhoods

If you think you know Richmond better than other Axios readers, now you can prove it.

Think you know where Shockoe Slip starts and ends? What about Church Hill or Scott’s Addition? If you think you know Richmond better than other Axios readers, now you can prove it.The intrigue: The Axios visual storytelling team came up with a game in which you can <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="draw what you think" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/game-do-you-know-your-neighborhood?city=richmond" data-vars-content-id="3b99f966-a250-4fbf-8f21-ed7e31f22d06" data-vars-headline="Draw Richmond&#x27;s neighborhoods" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/game-do-you-know-your-neighborhood?city=richmond" target="_self">draw what you think</a> are the boundaries for your neighborhoods and compare your answers to those of other Axios readers.

Things to Do

National

Data: Tim Renner via The Shadowlands; Note: Experiences were anonymously reported; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios

"Unexplained noises or screams" — that’s the most common category of hauntings in the U.S. And people out West are hearing a lot of them, according to an index of nearly 11,000 entries of haunted locations, collected and organized from reader submissions to the paranormal website The Shadowlands.

Why it matters: The Axios Visuals team thought it would be a fun Halloween treat for readers to dig into this dataset of supposedly haunted places, looking at the types of haunting and which states have the most reported spooky experiences.

Data: Tim Renner via The Shadowlands; Note: Reports could include multiple categories; Chart: Kavya Beheraj/Axios

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Halloween

Science

Philadelphia

Philly is known as a "city of neighborhoods" but where those boundaries begin and end is a matter of heated debate and pride. 

Think you know your city better than other Axios readers? Now you can prove it.

Our visual storytelling team came up with a game in which you can draw what you think are the boundaries for your local neighborhoods and compare your answers with other players'. 

How it works: Follow this link and hit play! 

If you're not familiar with a neighborhood, you can skip it, and we'll choose a different one for you to draw.

1 cool thing to go: You can download images of your results to share them with friends and on social media!

Think you know Philly? Draw your neighborhood and find out

Map the boundaries for Philly neighborhoods and compare your answers.

Philly is known as a &quot;<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="city of neighborhoods" data-vars-click-url="https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-the-city-of-neighborhoods/" data-vars-content-id="ec9f9361-5c34-4241-8794-c327f9f3f8f0" data-vars-headline="Think you know Philly? Draw your neighborhood and find out" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-the-city-of-neighborhoods/" target="_blank">city of neighborhoods</a>&quot; but where those boundaries begin and end is a matter of heated debate and pride. <ul><li>Think you know your city better than other Axios readers? Now you can prove it.</li></ul>

Kavya Beheraj

Stories

These are the most haunted places in the U.S.

Draw Richmond's neighborhoods

Think you know Philly? Draw your neighborhood and find out

Test your Twin Cities neighborhood knowledge

Interactive game: Map D.C.'s neighborhoods