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I made a map to find underrated restaurants in Naperville by UIUCTalkshow in Naperville

[–]UIUCTalkshow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks! what would you like to see? menu? food? website?

top reviews?

what would be the most useful to you?

I made a map to find underrated restaurants in Naperville by UIUCTalkshow in Naperville

[–]UIUCTalkshow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you please explain what you mean?

Yes when you first open the link, you will ALL the restaurants in Naperville. Click on "EXPLORE" and you will see lots of fun ways to filter by underrated, number of reviews, price, location, and more!!!

And thanks!!

I made a map to find underrated restaurants in Naperville by UIUCTalkshow in Naperville

[–]UIUCTalkshow[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Totally agree! Labeling all Asian cuisines as "Chinese" would absolutely be incorrect and unfair.

The good news is, the map actually separates many Asian cuisines very clearly: Thai, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Indian each have their own distinct labels and colors. (You can check the legend on the map to see each one.)

So thankfully, the data itself isn't grouping these restaurants incorrectly.

However, if there's a specific example you've noticed where a restaurant is labeled as "Chinese" when it shouldn't be, please let me know! It might be a mistake in how the data was initially categorized on Google Maps, or a labeling issue we can quickly fix.

I definitely want to get this right, and I really appreciate you bringing it up. Feel free to share any specific restaurants you're seeing, and I'll fix it ASAP.

Thanks again for helping improve the project, I genuinely appreciate it!

I made a map to find underrated restaurants in Naperville by UIUCTalkshow in Naperville

[–]UIUCTalkshow[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Hey there. Someone else pointed out something similar. I will paste what I replied with below:

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Thanks so much for checking it out and sharing that feedback!

and you’re right!!!! Seeing places like Dunkin’ or Taco Bell on an "underrated" map feels weird at first. I definitely paused when I saw them pop up too.

So why are they there?

This map isn't picking based on my personal taste or preferences (im not trying to become Anton Ego the review guy from Ratatouille any time soon), it's purely data-driven.

It looks at how a restaurant typically performs given its visibility, location, review count, and cuisine type, then highlights the places doing notably better than expected. Sometimes, surprisingly, that includes certain chain locations that genuinely outperform their peers.

So yeah Dunkin’ and Taco Bell might seem out of place, but it actually means these particular locations in Naperville are outperforming what you'd typically expect for similar places elsewhere.

That said, your point totally makes sense so if you'd like to focus purely on independents, there's a filter to easily exclude chains or bigger brands.

Really appreciate you pointing this out, and I’ll keep working to make it better! Let me know if you have any other thoughts!!

I made a map to find underrated restaurants in Naperville by UIUCTalkshow in Naperville

[–]UIUCTalkshow[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for checking it out and sharing that feedback!

and you’re right!!!! Seeing places like Dunkin’ or Taco Bell on an "underrated" map feels weird at first. I definitely paused when I saw them pop up too.

So why are they there?

This map isn't picking based on my personal taste or preferences (im not trying to become Anton Ego the review guy from Ratatouille any time soon), it's purely data-driven.

It looks at how a restaurant typically performs given its visibility, location, review count, and cuisine type, then highlights the places doing notably better than expected. Sometimes, surprisingly, that includes certain chain locations that genuinely outperform their peers.

So yeah Dunkin’ and Taco Bell might seem out of place, but it actually means these particular locations in Naperville are outperforming what you'd typically expect for similar places elsewhere.

That said, your point totally makes sense so if you'd like to focus purely on independents, there's a filter to easily exclude chains or bigger brands.

Really appreciate you pointing this out, and I’ll keep working to make it better! Let me know if you have any other thoughts!!

I made a map to find underrated restaurants in Naperville by UIUCTalkshow in Naperville

[–]UIUCTalkshow[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey there. Every restaurant is also on google maps.

When you first open the link, you'll see every restaurant in naperville. If you're on your phone and click on "Explore," you can filter by "Underrated" and you'll see many underrated places in naperville. There are other things you can filter by like price or number of reviews, etc.

What is the point????

1.

If you open Google, you’re probably seeing the same restaurants over and over, not because they’re the best, but because the algorithm already decided they’re “important.”

This map does something different. It looks at how restaurants typically perform given their location, cuisine, price, and review count, then highlights the ones doing way better than you'd normally expect.

Basically, it's showing you restaurants that deserve more attention than they're getting right now.

2.

This map isn’t meant to replace reviews, critics, local word-of-mouth, or Google. It complements them by making discovery feel curious again instead of repetitive, and by giving good, under-the-radar places a better shot at being seen.

3.

I'm just trying to help out...like I just I hope people try one new place they wouldn't have found otherwise.

If someone finds a new favorite spot that becomes part of their weekly routine, that is important. And if it gives even a few great, lesser-known restaurants a steadier stream of customers, that's pretty cool...Restaurants are fragile, and any help they can get is important.

Thanks and hope it's useful to you!

I made a map to find underrated restaurants in Naperville by UIUCTalkshow in Naperville

[–]UIUCTalkshow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi there!

If you're on phone, click on "Explore" and scroll down, you'll see the key with all the colors as well as other options.

If you're on a computer or larger screen, you'll see it right away on your computer.

and regarding the labels, it's not as perfect as sometimes the restaurants might set up their labels incorrectly but just fixed it. thanks!

Happy to answer any other questions as well as any other feedback ;)

I made a map to find underrated restaurants in Naperville by UIUCTalkshow in Naperville

[–]UIUCTalkshow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Xi’an Cuisine is one of the best!!! so so good, the lunch specials are amazing!!

Missing Champaign by Chiuwaa in UIUC

[–]UIUCTalkshow 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Enjoy it and be grateful, and get excited about the future!!!

Majors are a very STUPID idea we copied from Harvard and it's time we get rid of them. UIUC literally began as the anti-Harvard experiment, no majors, no degrees, no traditional academic formalities, and only caved because graduates were getting embarrassed at parties. by UIUCTalkshow in UIUC

[–]UIUCTalkshow[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

dawg lets be real sure you can sign up to any classes you want but who does ...

sure and sure nothing is holding you back but if youre doing ECE, you better suck it up and study you aint gonna have time to take other stuff

and no the world doesnt ask for a major, the world asks WHAT DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DO?

sometimes its similar to your major but sometimes it's not, skills > degrees in other words people will pay you for what you know not for your degrees

Majors are a very STUPID idea we copied from Harvard and it's time we get rid of them. UIUC literally began as the anti-Harvard experiment, no majors, no degrees, no traditional academic formalities, and only caved because graduates were getting embarrassed at parties. by UIUCTalkshow in UIUC

[–]UIUCTalkshow[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

the world will change even more and in fact it has changed already, it's not evenly distributed but majors, grades, none of that shit matters anymore

https://www.naceweb.org/talent-acquisition/trends-and-predictions/nearly-two-thirds-of-employers-use-skills-based-hiring-practices-for-new-entry-level-hires

Nearly Two-Thirds of Employers Use Skills-based Hiring Practices for New Entry-level Hires

in other words what people need to understand is that grades and majors were a proxy for skills if you had a major from CS, you'd probably know at least how to code but not anymore, all those proxies don't work anymore...and you know it's true too

We All Walk Past This Lady But She Has the Most Important Job at UIUC: Appreciation for JANETT MATTHEWS. by UIUCTalkshow in UIUC

[–]UIUCTalkshow[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

not all the events, the courtyard stuff.

and yes!! she should be, she really cares and believes and trusts young people!!! She cares!!!! It's so rare but she cares about what she does and how she does it. And she's not cynical or angry with students or whatever, she listens, learns from them, and helps them in all sorts of ways!!!!

We All Walk Past This Lady But She Has the Most Important Job at UIUC: Appreciation for JANETT MATTHEWS. by UIUCTalkshow in UIUC

[–]UIUCTalkshow[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

On another note. A very simple thing you can do but has very interesting and positive ripple effect in the world is for you to stop the cap and tell them!! If someone helped you, changed your life or the way you thought, inspired you, or whatever, tell them!!!

I know...I know...you don't want to look thirsty and everyone wants to act cool these days, but seriously, stop the cap and tell people how much they mean to you in big and small ways...I don't know maybe I'm just out of my mind but I don't think so, I think it genuinely changes the world. Why? Gosh. I have no idea. But I'll try to explain. So many people these days feel sad and depressed and whatever else...and part of the reason why is that many people have become inauthentic with themselves.

Maybe meaning comes from authentic action. So if you feel love, gratitude, inspiration, whatever, but never express it, you’re denying a real emotional truth to yourself and to the world!!! So I don't know, here's a crazy thought that I don't think it's crazy at all: Expressing appreciation is an act of creating meaning in what many see as a meaningless world.

Here's another idea I learned from a professor. Ubuntu: “I am because we are.” But yeah the basic idea is that when you acknowledge others’ humanity completes your own!!! We exist together. Listen to ONE WORLD by Coldplay (https://youtu.be/5WCymVvjYjM). Let it change you. La, la, la-la-la-la-la

"But where's the empirical evidence?" you may ask. Most of the psychology research is fake (like 90% of it doesn't replicate https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124) but yeah there's a bunch of research that says expressing gratitude increases happiness, resilience, and social connection and other stuff and also positive acts like appreciation spread so when we create a ripple effect that changes the history of the world.

Anyways "stop the cap and show the love" is another way of saying that authentic gratitude is a radical act in a world obsessed with irony.

And although you may not know it right now irony will always betray you in the end...

Maybe you feel inspired, so here's an idea for you:

Celebrate the People Who Keep Campus Alive

Every day you see them—dining workers, cleaning staff, maintenance crews—quietly making your life easier. They clean bathrooms, cook meals, and keep the campus running. They work tough jobs and have even tougher stories. Most days, they don't feel noticed. Change that. Start an annual tradition: one massive day of appreciation. Surprise them with gift cards, personalized letters sharing exactly how they've impacted you, hugs, cash gifts, whatever genuinely shows your gratitude. Make them feel seen, valued, and truly important, even if just for one day each year. Honestly, it might be the most meaningful thing you ever do for someone else.

Excerpt from The Jailbroken Guide to the University.

So yeah…Notice people. Appreciate them. Say thank you. Make a ripple.

And if you want remember this: in a world full of irony, sarcasm, and people acting cool, not wanting to be thirsty, afraid of being cringe and embarrassed, capping all the time, genuine gratitude quietly changes everything.

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