The link above goes to a website that shows the income levels of citizens when you click on certain neighborhoods in New York City. (They should have one for California...) I just thought this was interesting!
-Molly Cheng
Sunday, December 13, 2009
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This is definitely an interesting project. I definitely get the same creeped out feeling that I have when I use Google Earth though. I envision this kind of technology being utilized by crime studies or even health organizations, which could provide some useful analysis for police work, etc.
This website also reminds me of zillow.com, which provides similar real estate information but is searchable by address.
Whoah. This is really interesting to look at. I agree with Ari. I feel like this is the kind of technology and information that helps with crime studies in certain areas.
I also agree with Molly that it would be really cool to have one of these maps for California! That would be really interesting to see the different income levels of citizens throughout California.
This is definitely a good project. It shows where different people live with different incomes. It is kind of scary to see how now with computers, anybody could see what kind of people live in different places with their incomes. Do you think this could be a problem of invasion of privacy? Maybe some neighborhoods do not want the whole world to know that they are less well off or better well off?
Wow!!! Gossip Girl wasn't kidding. People in the Upper East Side are LOADED!
I find it interesting that the Upper East and West side districts are right next to Central and East Harlem. Also, the distributions of wealth across New York City are very skewed, either leaning towards the super rich or the super poor. There were very few districts that had a fairly even distribution, or even a strong middle class representation. With the rise of suburbs though, I don't find this surprising. However, more could be done in NYC to increase the distribution of wealth to different neighborhoods.
I think that that site is VERY interesting. I agree Molly, they should have one of California. I also agree with Ari and Josh, they probably do use that for crime studies etc. I wonder if they do have something along the lines of that for California.
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