Personal Web · 1990s
GeoCities Neighborhoods
Cities made of homepages.
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Quick answer
Cities made of homepages. A short exhibit about geocities neighborhoods and why it mattered on the old web.
What it was
GeoCities organized personal websites into themed neighborhoods, making the web feel like a quirky map of interests.
Why people remember it
- The structure made publishing feel local and social.
- Pages were personal, messy, bright, and self-directed.
- The neighborhood metaphor is still one of the best explanations of what the web used to feel like.
What replaced it
Usually a platform feature, a private analytics dashboard, a cleaner app pattern, or a feed. The behavior rarely disappears; it gets renamed and absorbed.