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Have you seen the one that plots crimes as if they were elevation? http://dougmccune.com/blog/2010/06/05/if-san-francisco-crime-was-elevation/ http://dougmccun

• ericd 16y ago
  Very cool. Apparently prostitution is strikingly localized (which makes sense). It also seems that Hunters Point doesn't have much/any crime represented there either, yet it seems like people think of it as a very high crime area. I wonder why.
  • jberryman 16y ago
    > ...yet it seems like people think of it as a very high crime area. I wonder why. from wikipedia: "Bayview-Hunters Point is predominantly African-American. The neighborhood has a population of 20,322 and is roughly 60% African-American, the highest concentration of that ethnic group in San Francisco." The article on the community is quite lengthy and interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayview-Hunters_Point,_San_Francisco http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayview-Hunters_Point,_San_Fran... I've never lived in San Francisco and don't know whether this community has a bad rep. because it's mostly black or if it really is as crime-ridden as its reputation. I think we can all agree that this kind of data analysis is really important though, to understand where we live and shape public policy.
  • white_eskimo 16y ago
    Sampling bias. The more people who visit a high-crime area, the more crime is likely to occur. That and the gentrification resulting from UCSF's push into the area...
• ww520 16y ago
  Those are awesome pictures. It's interesting to see how crimes "fall" downhill from a center.