This article by Fast Company was interesting on its own: Here's what happened when an artist mapped every visible word in NYC
But when it referenced a cultural map of Los Angeles, a city I love to hate on, my interest was especially tickled:
In 2018, the research collective Slab used Google Street View to create Culture Map, a cultural and ethnic map of Los Angeles. By mapping the city's signs, posters, and flyers, they found 58 different culture hubs, which they noted was far more than those officially designated by the city.
Slab's algorithm, which folded in data from eight years (from 2011 to 2018) could detect many languages.
Even my native Dutch has a place under the Californian sun 😊
