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Hoodmaps SF
Hoodmaps is a crowd-sourced neighborhood label map where locals annotate city areas with informal descriptors like 'hipsters,' 'rich,' 'suits,' 'tourists,' and 'sketchy.' More useful for understanding a city's cultural geography than official neighborhood boundaries.
SF Crosstown Trail
The SF Crosstown Trail is a 17-mile urban hiking route connecting Candlestick Point on the southeast to Lands End in the northwest, stitching together parks, neighborhoods, and green corridors across the city. A way to experience San Francisco on foot that most residents have never done.
Third Spaces in SF: Living Rooms and Commons
A Twitter thread compiling third spaces in San Francisco — the living rooms, commons, and informal gathering spots that aren't home or office. A crowdsourced map of SF's social infrastructure.
Yelp Hipster Finder (SF Word Map)
Yelp's word map feature visualizing geographic density of the word 'hipster' in SF business reviews. A small data visualization curiosity that mapped subcultural geography through review language.
What Happens to Stolen Bicycles?
Priceonomics investigation into what actually happens to stolen bicycles — using Craigslist data and stings to map the informal market. One of the early data journalism pieces that made Priceonomics a destination for data-driven takes on everyday questions.