Just to follow up on this, it looks like the problem is with the actual data - I can reproduce the problem using the OSM website and renderers other than mapnik. It doesn't look like the data has changed for some time, so my memories of an accurate mapnik map for my neighborhood must have been a figment of my imagination.
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