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I am starting this stub today with straigt-up content from the neighborhoods article, and I plan to add to it this week.

Definition of the region
History (Ginter, streetcars, etc)
Neighborhoods (Barton Heights, Bellevue, Ginter Park, Washington Park, Hermitage Rd, Highland Park, Sherwood Park
Demographics and cultural/commecial hubs

MPS 14:53, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ashland should not be included. It is FAR into Hanover County and no one that I know considers it to be part of the North Side. Atlee maybe, Ashland, no! arfon 06:48, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Exonym

Perhaps of interest: North Side is essentially an exonym, and really isn't used (except perhaps in a descriptive phrase such as "north side of the river"). The one time I used it in speech, I got a look like I was crazy. Of course, we can talk about Richmond's North Side, in contrast to the South Side, but the term just isn't used. Compare to South Detroit—Journey aside, the term just isn't used, even though there are obviously southern portions of Detroit one could refer to. I don't think there's anything to rename the article to, however. As a "North Side" native, I can testify that we largely consider ourselves the real Richmond. We refer to the South Side because there's something to qualify there. --BDD (talk) 05:42, 9 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]