I am currently living in Boston, MA, but plan on relocating next year to Chicago. I have visited a few times but, from the large size in comparison to Boston, I have found it difficult to grasp which areas in Chicago I would enjoy let alone want to live. In general, in my recent travels, I have found difficulty exploring bigger cities. When spending a few days in a certain city, I often end up spending a lot of time traveling within the city, not having enough time to connect with the people and the cultures.
The goal of this project is to use data from areas and neighborhoods of cities to give insight into new locations for personal or discovery use. In doing so, I want to use a few measures to reflect a neighborhood:
- How similar are the people, and what is the reception of the area/neighborhood.
- How do living situations compare.
- How similar is the the culture. i.e. Food, restaurants, entertainment, etc.
The question I want to answer with this project is: What neighborhoods in Chicago are similar to the neighborhood I currently live in Boston? That is, if I were to relocate to Chicago from Boston, what areas would I like based on my current location.
The Airbnb Datasets provide insight into many cities in the United States and other countries and can be used to find areas where residents and housing are similar in by various standards.
Use Twitter API to get info about neighborhoods.
With the Yelp Dataset, information about the business in certain areas to assess the culture of a neighborhood. There doesn't seem to be info for both Boston and Chicago so this may not be an option.
Check out the Final Report Here !