I thought this was a fun little game with just the right amount of randomness. If you get a Biden Neighborhood in Texas or a Trump neighborhood in Brooklyn you are just unlucky.
I found a few (sadly stereotypical) heuristics generally go a long way, and you can usually get to ~70% just from them. Urban = Biden. Rural = Trump. For the tougher Suburban ones: Recycle bins = Biden. No sidewalks = Trump. Fewer cars on the street = Biden. Pickup trucks = Trump.
I thought it was a depressing little game because it revealed how stereotyped my thinking is. And, judging from the other readers' scores on the ones I got wrong, I'm not alone. The conclusion I would draw from this is, you can't really tell by looking at a neighborhood. The one from Rochester, NY was particularly frustrating. I kept thinking, I don't believe the people in _those_ houses voted for Trump.
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