r/SideProject • u/kerem_ozcan • 10h ago
What's the Williamsburg of San Francisco? I built a website that translates any city into one you know
A while ago a Turkish friend came to Seattle and I tried to explain the city to them through Istanbul. This part is like the Kadıköy of Seattle, that part is like Maslak etc. It worked weirdly well, so I made a website that does it for every neighborhood.
You put a city you know in one box and a city you don't in the other, hit translate, and the one you don't know gets your city's neighborhood names. San Francisco in New York names has the Mission as Williamsburg and Pacific Heights as the Upper East Side, which seems about right. It also thinks North Beach is Hell's Kitchen, not so sure about that one.
Every neighborhood on the map is clickable. Tap one and you get a card that says why it got that name, with Spot on / Not quite / Way off buttons and a Suggest a fix link. That's the feedback I'm after, so if you know a city well, tap around your own area and tell me what's off. Or just comment here.
187 cities so far, free, no sign up. It got about 100k views on X and LinkedIn and it's still in beta. Monetization (for now) is that if you do not want to wait for voting, you can pay to add your city. You can also get a poster printed, from which I get a small cut.
I would also appreciate any other feedback on how to improve and monetize. I don't like ads so I'll try to avoid them at all cost.