{{Notability|Web|date=May 2024}}{{Short description|Information website and forum on US cities}} {{Infobox website | name = City-Data | logo = Citydata.jpg | screenshot = | caption = | url = {{url|www.City-Data.com}} | commercial = | type = Social networking / information site | language = English | registration = | owner = Advameg, Inc. | author = | launch_date = 2003 | current_status = Active | revenue = | content_license = }} '''City-Data''' is an Illinois-based social networking and information website that presents data and information pertaining to United States cities, and offers public online forums for discussion.
==Data on site== US cities, counties, zip codes, and neighborhoods are profiled and compared using governmental data about race, income, education, crime, weather, housing, maps, air pollution, and religions. The site contains information about home value estimates (including recent home sales), local businesses, schools (including their demographics and test scores), hospitals, libraries, tourist attractions, local businesses, restaurant inspection findings, building permits, bridge conditions, hotels, water systems, airports, cell phone towers, property tax assessments, and car accidents.
==Owner== City-data.com is owned and operated by Advameg, Inc. of Hinsdale, Illinois.
==Sources== The information on the website includes consumer names and street addresses, obtained via FOIA requests and other public records; City-Data has an opt-out feature<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.city-data.com/delrequest/list.php |title=Requests to disassociate name from street-level assessment address |work=city-data.com |access-date=November 12, 2015 |archive-date=October 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027063836/http://www.city-data.com/delrequest/list.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> to break the web-visible association between names and street addresses, but does not remove the consumer names themselves.
==Uses== In 2010, because of a post on the People Search forum, a mother and son reunited 17 years after the son was kidnapped.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/article287206.ece |title=Mother and son reunited 17 years after kidnap |access-date=October 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204101345/https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/article287206.ece |archive-date=February 4, 2010 |date=February 1, 2010 |last=Cohen |first=Lauren |newspaper=The Times |publisher=Avusa Inc.}}</ref>
City-Data has been featured in articles and listicles as a way for potential newcomers to learn more about particular cities.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://lifehacker.com/how-to-learn-all-about-a-new-city-without-leaving-your-511561572 |title=How to Learn All About a New City Without Leaving Your House |work=Lifehacker |first=Alan |last=Henry |date=June 6, 2013 |access-date=August 15, 2019 |publisher=Gizmodo Media Group}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/richest-neighborhoods-in-southern-california-2014-4|title=The 27 Richest Neighborhoods In Southern California |last=Cooperstein|first=Paige|website=Business Insider|access-date=April 9, 2020 }}</ref>
== See also == * List of Internet forums
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|www.city-data.com}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030923171907/http://www.city-data.com/ |date=September 23, 2003 |title=City-Data }}
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