Speaking of polls

Now that we're talking about polls and maps and such (see previous post), it's probably worth posting some cool maps  from the  the Martin Prosperity Institute, in a report on Toronto's Cultural Sector.  I came across them yesterday on this blog, which says the report is due to be considered this week at Toronto City Hall.   And I thought it might be interesting to compare culture to politics, map-wise.

Have some fun with these maps... I'd be curious to hear people's reactions. I also can't wait to compare them to tomorrow's provincial election-results maps. (You'll need to click on the links, not the maps, to see them in better detail, by the way.)

Map #1 (pg. 63) from the Martin Prosperity Institute: the "Cultural Locations Index," which measures the intensity of cultural occupations and facilities within the GTA.

Map #2, also from the Institute, a visual depiction of where creative folks live and work within the GTA. (pg 64)

 

Map #3, courtesy of torontoist.com, a map of the Toronto mayoralty results last year:

 

And finally, a colourful map of the federal election results, which, I stress, is borrowed twice -- from the website of the excellent Canadian Election Atlas, which gives credit for this image to Shilly, of the U.S. Election Atlas Forum. (It is indeed a very pretty map.)

Thoughts, conclusions, anyone, after looking at the four depictions of politics and culture?

Comments

[Kevin Stolarick]

Interesting to see, but you should add one of David Hulchanski's "Three Cities" maps as well http://www.urbancentre.utoronto.ca/pdfs/researchbulletins/CUCSRB41_Hulchanski_Three_Cities_Toronto.pdf

Also, credit where it is due, while we built the index and worked on the report, these maps were created by the OCAD student and faculty participants on the project.

Research Director, Martin Prosperity Institute

[Michael G]

de-amalgamation worked for Montreal.