How to label "social district"

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In Michigan, USA, there are “social districts” where outdoor drinking is permitted. Should this be mapped, and if so, how?
https://www.michigan.gov/lara/bureau-list/lcc/faq/social-districts

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Key:alcohol - OpenStreetMap Wiki says “alcohol=yes may indicate that the consumption of alcohol is permitted at a certain location or that a certain location sells alcohol. The intended usage must then be inferred through other tagging. For example, alcohol=yes used in conjunction with leisure=park implies the absence of a restriction (you can drink alcohol here)”

Not sure how that would work when it’s just a general area though?

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Sounds like leisure = social_district would be a good addition, but I don’t have it in me to go through the whole RFP process just for this.

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Wonder if you could do something under place=? Key:place - OpenStreetMap Wiki

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It’s not one facility or venue. If it belongs in OSM, boundary should be used.
Instead, before, or besides a border, the “Commons Area” seems to be on streets. alcohol= =yes / =designated could be added to the highway= roads first.

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Well you can just use it, no need to go through a process. Key question for me would be whether this is verifiable on the ground (signs, markings etc). If the only way to verify is by looking at some government-managed website then maybe we shouldn’t duplicate the information. OSM’s strength is survey - something that we cannot survey is also something that we can never improve, it would always just be a (possibly outdated) copy of a government website rotting away in OSM.

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Yes, there are permanent signs at the border of it.

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  1. Go to a supposed social district street with an open can of beer in the evening and drink it (preferably with friends)
  2. Go to a nearby street and do the same
  3. Repeat steps 1-2 every evening for 6-12 months:
  • If you get fined => the street is not in the social district
  • If you do not get fined => the street is within the social district

:clinking_beer_mugs:

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So is Depot Town a suburb / neighbourhood, & does the social district cover all of it?

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It is a commercial district; the social district has overlapping but distinct boundaries.