Only some of the villages of Newton, Massachusetts on the Leader Board

The City of  Newton, Massachusetts is comprised of 13 villages. Each village has its own history, and own cultural character. This is part of the diversity that makes Newton such a great place to live. Locals identify with their village much like residents of Manhattan, New Yorkers identify with their neighborhoods, such as: Soho, Greenwich Village, Harlem, etc.

We were checking the Active Rain leader board, and noticed that some villages of Newton were included in the list of cities and some were not. Those that were not listed turned out to not have post offices. (Several of these post offices have recently been slated for closure by the USPS, but that is another topic.) Perhaps the Active Rain computer programmers populated the city lists from a list of post offices. But, there is actually only one city, and that is Newton. In comparison the separate neighborhoods of Manhattan, New York are not listed as city choices on the Active Rain leader board. We think the Active Rain leader board should only have one city selection for Newton, and not separate selections for the villages. That said, every part of Newton is a great place to live!

What do you think ?

Have you noticed this in your local area ?

Just for fun below is a list of the villages of the City of Newton, Massachusetts, the number of Active Rain members, and the post offices, or absence of a post offices.

 City of Newton, Massachusetts

            85 Active Rain members

 Auburndale

            One Active Rain member, Post office 02466

 Chestnut Hill

            One Active Rain member, Post office 02467

Newton Center

            Eight Active Rain members, Post office 02459

 Newton Corner

            Not listed on Active Rain, and does not have a post office

 Newton Highlands

            No Active Rain members, Post office 02461

 Newton Lower Falls

            No Active Rain members, Post office 02462

 Newton Upper Falls

            No Active Rain members, Post office 02464

 Newtonville

            One Active Rain member, Post office 02460

 Nonantum

            No Active Rain members, Post office 02458

 Oak Hill

            Not listed on Active Rain, and does not have a post office

 Thomsonville

            Not listed on Active Rain, and does not have a post office

 Waban

            No Active Rain members, Post office 02468

 West Newton

            One Active Rain member, Post office 02465

Sincerely,

The Mel and Mel Team