NYT Google Street View "guess if they voted for Trump or Biden" game

[Celery Man 20886]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/upshot/trump-biden-geography-quiz.html

 

The more I play this, the worse I get. Ruralish New York feints to the left and then Ohio gives me the right hook. It's also tricky to tell which type of shitty neighborhood you're looking at. Also, fuckin Staten Island.

[Kilgorehorn 308]

Top 25%

[Celery Man 20886]

what the fuck

[Celery Man 20886]

ok what I am good at is seeing a palm tree and then guessing if it's California or Florida

[Judge Roybeanbag 11810]

I got 9 out of 10 before I quit to go pull dinner out of the oven.

[Guest Lobo]

yeah, took me three tries to break the Top 10%.  I was too busy dicking around trying to break down architectural styles, topography, and geographic clues.  They were clever though, there's nowhere that looks overly wealthy or overly poor.  Lots of places look lower middle-class/working class with maybe two really nice neighborhoods peppered in the whole quiz.  The trick was, don't overthink the home design, the cars, or the signage, or any of that.  

Just look and let your gut answer this question, "Do the people on this street blame other people for them living on this street?"  When I did that, I scored 18/20.  

[berlinerbaer 670]

No fences is a dead give-away for Trumpland.

[bolverk 29399]

They did this with viewing the contents of an open refrigerator a few months ago as well. I did terribly.

[Neonmoon 38127]

16/19 

Some of them were impossible because i could pick out the state but they chose an opposite party suburb. Dicks

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

15/22 first try. The ones I knew instantly I always got right, which included al of the Texas ones and the Oklahoma ones. At least 3 of the ones I got wrong it said were won by less than 5 points, so I consider those ringer questions. 

[TwiceHorn 31280]

5 hours ago, Celery Man said:

what the fuck

While that gives the impression of a maybe gentrifying set of brownstones, I'm gonna guess that's pretty working-class multifamily.  Look at all the minivans for fucks sake.

[Stunns38 3357]

what the fuck

The orthodox Jewish and Italian parts of Brooklyn leaned heavily Trump. That photo looked like Midwood, BK or Southern Williamsburg, BK. Predominantly Orthodox/Hasidic Jewish hoods.

[Stunns38 3357]

While that gives the impression of a maybe gentrifying set of brownstones, I'm gonna guess that's pretty working-class multifamily.  Look at all the minivans for fucks sake.

The Hasidic Jewish families avg over 6 kids and they LOVE minivans.

[Fudge Nuggets 19151]

I suck at this, but at least I got one right:

 

 

But got duped by this one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 30, 2021 by Fudge Nuggets

[BearSchlong 8077]

[956 Worldwide 34443]

Per @BearSchlong's point, some of these are pretty flexibly defined "neighborhoods." I failed to guess how a stretch of highway outside of Aztec, NM voted. 

[mdmost 42865]

14 minutes ago, BearSchlong said:

Oak Cliff. Interstate 35 and Ann Arbor. 

[BearSchlong 8077]

Ah of course, that makes sense.

[Surly Bevo 24696]

So the NYT has made a game where you get to judge the actions of people based on the superficial appearance of the neighborhood they live in?  

[Guest Lobo]

I mean, yeah.  If I was any better at judging the real estate value of a neighborhood, I'd go storm the Capitol.  

Edited March 30, 2021 by Lobo

[ChiTownDoc 21101]

22 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

So the NYT has made a game where you get to judge the actions of people based on the superficial appearance of the neighborhood they live in?  

At least now we know which ones to burn down.

[gmr548 16513]

High score 75 percent, usually 65-70. Generic suburbia and older Northern/Midwestern neighborhoods give me the most issues.

[gmr548 16513]

They did this with viewing the contents of an open refrigerator a few months ago as well. I did terribly.

That sounds way easier.

[lmao 178]

On 3/29/2021 at 4:29 PM, Celery Man said:

what the fuck

Bay Ridge?

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13546]

Think I need to update the one from Shiner I've posted before cuz 1.0, pretty sure missing the port-a-potty.

Edited April 1, 2021 by Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand

[Biff Tannen 45495]

Fucking NAILED Southlake, TX within 2 seconds.  Trump country all day, every day.

 

[bolverk 29399]

1 hour ago, gmr548 said:

That sounds way easier.

Have at it.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/27/upshot/biden-trump-poll-quiz.html?hide-chrome=1

[Fudge Nuggets 19151]

9 hours ago, bolverk said:

Have at it.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/27/upshot/biden-trump-poll-quiz.html?hide-chrome=1

It's not easier.

[gmr548 16513]

Have at it.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/27/upshot/biden-trump-poll-quiz.html?hide-chrome=1

Yeah, I got 17/31 so definitely not easier. The only somewhat reliable patterns I could find were that organics typically meant Biden and a shitload of soda typically meant Trump. Stereotypes FTW. Beyond that, coin flip. When in doubt, guess Biden bc he had more voters.

[Incredulity 11555]

I was 15/15 before getting 3 of 5 incorrect to end at 17 out of 20

[NameAlreadyInUse 5106]

Look at the trees and the amount of land around the houses as the first clue.  Second clue, if there is more than 1 american flag in the picture always pick Trump. I finished top 25% 18-22.