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Get smarter, faster about what’s happening in your backyard with local reporters Jason Clayworth and Linh Ta.

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Have you ever quibbled with friends over where one neighborhood ends and another begins?

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

What's happening: Our visuals team created a game where you draw what you think are the boundaries for local neighborhoods and compare your answers to other Axios readers.

How it works: Select Des Moines and hit play!

If you're not familiar with a neighborhood, skip it and receive a different area to draw.

Compare your answers afterwards to the average guesses of other Axios readers to see just how well you know our neighborhoods.

Don't forget: Download images of your results to share them with friends and on social media.

We invite you to draw Des Moines' neighborhoods

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