How we know
How this guide researches, tests, dates, and corrects information
The editorial method for sources, firsthand evidence, volatile facts, area comparisons, calculators, reviews, disclosures, and corrections.
Every material claim should be traceable to a dated source or documented original test. The site labels researched work separately from field-tested work, stores volatile facts with review dates, and shows the limitation beside the claim, not three footnotes later. Inclusion is based on usefulness and verifiability, not payment, popularity alone, or a need to make every option sound equally good.
Evidence ladder
Road agencies govern closures; airports govern pickup and parking; operators govern schedules and access; land managers govern permits and alerts; tax agencies publish forms and guidance. Secondary reporting can explain context, but it does not become the authority for a live rule.
- Field-tested: receipts, timings, notes, and original media retained.
- Editorially researched: cited sources, no visit implied.
- Community-recommended awaiting verification: not ranked or endorsed.
What gets included, and what does not
A place, service, route, or claim earns space when it answers a real planning question and can be described accurately enough to help. A long directory is not automatically a complete one, and a famous name is not automatically the most useful answer. The editorial job is to state the scope, show the filters, and explain important omissions or limits.
| Decision | Included when | Held back when |
|---|---|---|
| Directory record | The official operator or authority confirms the identity, location, and relevant planning details | The status, location, audience, or official source cannot be confirmed |
| Recommendation or ranking | A declared method and sufficient evidence support the comparison | It would merely convert popularity, sponsorship, or one unverified opinion into a verdict |
| Time-sensitive fact | It has a dated source, review interval, and current official handoff | It is stale, forecast as fact, or likely to mislead after conditions change |
| Firsthand claim | Notes, date, receipts or logs, and original evidence are retained | Research, memory, community reports, or supplied marketing are the only basis |
Review methods by topic
Restaurant entries distinguish source-backed desk research from firsthand reporting and link to current official sources. Any future firsthand review must also disclose its visit date, payer, order, total, parking, wait, noise, accessibility observations, and scoring method. Area coverage compares jurisdiction, built form, housing, access, amenities, and tradeoffs without demographic steering. Calculator pages publish versioned assumptions and tested boundary cases.
Commercial independence and assisted production
The guide does not sell placement in an editorial ranking. If sponsorship, an affiliate relationship, a hosted experience, a complimentary item, or another material connection is ever introduced, it must be disclosed where it affects the reader's decision. A business profile, official link, or contextual real-estate invitation is not evidence that the business paid for coverage.
Software may help organize research, identify inconsistencies, test formulas, check links, or propose language. It is not a source, and it cannot turn desk research into firsthand experience. Material factual claims still need the cited evidence; anything described as field-tested needs documented original observation.
What the dates mean
Updated marks a meaningful editorial change; Information current to identifies the date when the cited basis for changing facts was revisited. Fixing punctuation does not make a guide newly researched. When a volatile detail may no longer be current, the guide should warn the reader or hand the decision to the official live source.
For example, a newly checked airport parking rate can change the factual summary and its date. Rewording the same sentence cannot. A changed conclusion, new limitation, or different evidence should be reassessed before the page is described as current.
Evidence · source register
Sources
- Fair Housing: rights and obligationsU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development · primary source ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Fair Housing Act protected classes, rights, obligations, and advertising prohibitions
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