childHood

Finding a kid-friendlyplace to live

Challenge

I am moving to NYC for the Insight Data Science fellowship!

But... I have kids.

Are the places we can afford good for kids?

Problem

I am moving to NYC for the AMAZING Insight Data Science fellowship!

But... I have kids. Where should I live?

Problem

Problem

I am moving to NYC for the AMAZING Insight Data Science fellowship!

But... I have kids. Where should I live?

Problem

I am moving to NYC for the AMAZING Insight Data Science fellowship!

But... I have kids. Where should I live?

Problem

I am moving to NYC for the AMAZING Insight Data Science fellowship!

But... I have kids. Where should I live?

Problem

I am moving to NYC for the AMAZING Insight Data Science fellowship!

But... I have kids. Where should I live?

Solution

Rank addresses based on:

school quality

crime rate

number of children who live nearby

traffic

childHood

Sampling

100 locations in each of 266 neighborhoods

Sampling

1 km radius drawn around each location

Sampling

6000 traffic monitors

Sampling

~100,000 major crimes in 2013

Analysis

● For each sampled location:

– Determine public school quality

– Find the number of major crimes

– Use census data to see how many kids live nearby

– Identify nearby traffic monitoring sites● Calculate z scores for each neighborhood and across NYC

● User address scores are calculated and ranked compared to the sampled locations in the same neighborhood and across NYC

Does it work?

Joshua Ainsley