Observed arrival · 2026-10-25
Port Calder: the city where every org chart lives
A fictional US city maps how real-world organizations work and answer to one another.
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- For
- Readers curious about how public organizations answer to one another
- Worth noticing
- The fictional city has roughly 500,000 residents, nine organizations, and one episode so far; its state and coast are deliberately unspecified.
Field notes
The map connects organizations through relationships such as appointment, contract, inspection, and oversight. Its examples include an airport division staffed by city police and fire departments, and a stadium authority appointed by city and county. The project says sources appear under each video and on each place page; its figures are calculated from real organizations of similar size.
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◎NicheUnusually specific use
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