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Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences

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Post by rafram »

robhh wrote: post #18

There is another website that I've been using that provides similar functionality in terms of the heatmap: http://close.city What I like about this one is that it can show travel times from a specific address. What would be even more useful is if it could show mixed-mode transportation times.

Really puts into perspective how wildly varied cities in the US are in terms of density and development patterns. Compare New York [1] and Seattle [2]. Barely a single patch of gray in New York until you get to Long Island, while Seattle has big patches with no transit accessibility at all. And many of them are extremely wealthy areas. In New York, wealthier areas tend to have better transit. Very, very interesting.

[1]: https://close.city/?x=-73.92368&y=40.74092&z=11.62779&r=0&l=...

[2]: https://close.city/?x=-122.32293&y=47.63375&z=12.62654&r=0&l...

Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences

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Post by [deleted] »

aantix wrote: post #17

I genuinely wish there was a map where you could see how many kids and their age groups are in a given neighborhood. Our current house is great, but there aren't many kids in the neighborhood. I understand this is sensitive information, so it probably doesn't exist. But choosing a neighborhood with other families that are in a similar life experience is kind of hard.. Especially considering it seems that kids play ou…

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Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences

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Post by [deleted] »

robhh wrote: post #18

There is another website that I've been using that provides similar functionality in terms of the heatmap: http://close.city What I like about this one is that it can show travel times from a specific address. What would be even more useful is if it could show mixed-mode transportation times.

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Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences

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Post by adamanonymous »

rafram wrote: post #31
robhh wrote: post #18

There is another website that I've been using that provides similar functionality in terms of the heatmap: http://close.city What I like about this one is that it can show travel times from a specific address. What would be even more useful is if it could show mixed-mode transportation times.

Really puts into perspective how wildly varied cities in the US are in terms of density and development patterns. Compare New York [1] and Seattle [2]. Barely a single patch of gray in New York until you get to Long Island, while Seattle has big patches with no transit accessibility at all. And many of them are extremely wealthy areas. In New York, wealthier areas tend to have better transit. Very, very interesting.…

Goes to show the benefit of a well connected subway network. Seattle is mostly just buses except for two independent light rail lines

Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences

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Post by Terr_ »

BytesAndGears wrote: post #30
WiggleGuy wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The "grocery store" problem is something I've been thinking about for a while, since it has two problems: - There are tons of grocery stores (efficiency of processing all of those) - Not all grocery stores are the same (supermarkets vs pricey luxury stores vs bodegas) I've been thinking of mass processing one-time then allowing the user to super-impose pre-made heatmaps onto thier existing heatmap.

That would be exactly what I need! Ideally something like 5min bike ride to the grocery store, 15min walk from a train station, and 30min drive to my in-law’s house. It would be really interesting to do something like “10 minute bike ride to 3 or more grocery stores”. That would help reduce instances of niche specific stores, but also provides a much more useful variety. I’d love to be able to find places that have 2…

I'm imagining:

1. User defines a "multi-location" spec, like "MyFastFood" as "Having [2] or more of [Fast Food] excluding [Taco Bell,]"

2. User defines a requirement for their heat map which references the multi-location, ex: "Within [30 minutes] to [walk] to [MyFastFood]"

3. Within the context of a particular [user's requirement] and broad [city/town/region], a 2D area/gradient can be generated, and cached for a rather considerable period given how slowly businesses open/close.

Granted, that's the ambitious version. A simpler one would be to not support "at least X", and to combine the multi-location and the distance-rules all together into a single condition.

Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences

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Post by aaroninsf »

nonethewiser wrote: post #26
WarOnPrivacy wrote: post #6

The available housing preferences may need to be reflected in the title. My desired heatmap is for 5+ beds/3+ baths at [price range]. It's okay this isn't that - but the Housing Preferences descriptor indicates it might be.

I had the same impression. Like Price per Acre. I didnt expect there to only be 1 type of constraint (travel time to a given location). I think emphasizing its purely based on distance would be clearer.

Me too. I poked at the UX for a good few minutes trying to find out how to change the TYPE of constraint lol

Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences

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Post by richardw »

Works for Sydney, well done!

I previously used Mapnificent to choose a house location, and found that many geographically closer properties were often much further in terms of time. Very useful. I like that it starts off with the map view, maybe do that in terms of “shortest time to a-ha” and to get the user into putting in the work to refine the output?

https://www.mapnificent.net/sydney/

I also used this to look at property/area info. Maybe lift some ideas off that. It used to have school ratings, crime etc.

https://heatmaps.com.au/

Something that’s a combo of both would be amazing. Good luck!

Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences

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Post by ultrafez »

timita wrote: post #22
aantix wrote: post #17

I genuinely wish there was a map where you could see how many kids and their age groups are in a given neighborhood. Our current house is great, but there aren't many kids in the neighborhood. I understand this is sensitive information, so it probably doesn't exist. But choosing a neighborhood with other families that are in a similar life experience is kind of hard.. Especially considering it seems that kids play ou…

If you are based in the UK, there is https://xploria.co.uk . Click/tap on any location on the map and you get a lot of information about the place, inclusive of generations, what percentage of families, singles, etc, schools within travel timw, and so on. Disclosure: I built this web app.

This is very cool - I haven't seen anything like it before. I've spent about half an hour noseying at places I've lived or considered living, fascinating. The view of changing house prices is something that I haven't seen presented in this way either.

Thanks for building it and thanks for sharing.

Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences

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Post by drooby »

This is cool but I don't think it fits my use case..

Seems like I have to pick criteria that have exact venues.. I want to pick abstract things like "walking distance from grocery", "biking distance from climbing gym" "1 hour drive to national park"

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