Ghetto Tracker - A rating system to help people avoid the bad parts of town • Hacker News Board

Re: Ghetto Tracker - A rating system to help people avoid the bad parts of town

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Post by astrodust » Tue, Sep 03, 2013, 4:48 PM UTC

bendoernberg wrote: post #5

Feedback: If your goal was to inspire 100 "what's wrong with tech" articles, you named this perfectly. I would highly recommend changing the name and addressing the problematic aspects of red-lining neighborhoods before you get absolutely hammered by a million bloggers.

Based on some quick testing, I've seen a number of universities that've been tagged.

Re: Ghetto Tracker - A rating system to help people avoid the bad parts of town

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Post by veinmelter » Tue, Sep 03, 2013, 4:49 PM UTC

etherealG wrote: post #8

not sure this is the best idea. often people's idea of a bad area doesn't reflect the truth. what about using police data instead?

police data is racist, too

Re: Ghetto Tracker - A rating system to help people avoid the bad parts of town

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Post by astrodust » Tue, Sep 03, 2013, 4:49 PM UTC

etherealG wrote: post #8

not sure this is the best idea. often people's idea of a bad area doesn't reflect the truth. what about using police data instead?

Murders and robberies are usually an indicator something's amiss. The data isn't hard to find. (http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_23191897/oakland-robbery-...).