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Related somewhat: Atlanta median income down MARTA's Red line (travels North to South) http://news.wabe.org/post/atlanta-biggest-gap-between-rich-a...

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And here's one for London:

https://www.thrillist.com/lifestyle/london/london-undergroun...

Direct link to large-scale map:

http://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/1560005

Note we tend to think of flats in terms of number of bedrooms. Hatton Cross is right next to Heathrow airport, if you're wondering why it is so cheap.

http://www.findproperly.co.uk/price-per-square-foot.php#.Vv-...

This map has areas of london by square foot for a closer comparison, but isn't by tube stops. Looks like we are more expensive than the bay area, if you go by area - We live in much smaller houses than in America, I believe

I've lived in both recently, and London definitely wins for more the more decrepit Victorian stock, but SF is no stranger to the flat conversion phenomenon and I'd say the average living space in the city is not much bigger than London.

However what tips the scales for London being more affordable IMHO is the fact that there is not 500 square miles of water smack in the middle spreading everything out. For instance in London I lived 9 tube stops from the center and it was < 5 miles by bicycle. In the Bay Area I also live 9 BART stops from downtown SF but it is 15 miles, I can't cycle (because no bike path over the bay bridge), and I get less for my money relative to London. Throw on the anemic transit here, and London is much more doable on a budget.

>London is much more doable on a budget.

Agree, even though the story is probably a bit different for developers due to the difference in salary.

True although that's changing. London salaries outside The City used to seem to top out around £60k, but in recent years that ceiling has been broken. Meanwhile, Google and Facebook still pay ridiculous salaries, but smaller companies can't afford that, and with funding slowing down it's going to lead to even more belt tightening. You might be surprised how many people in tech are working for $50k, $60k, $70k in SF these days.

No engineers are making under $70k in SF unless they traded salary for a lot of equity.

s/Bermondsy/Bermondsey and I think it should be cheaper than Canada Water

It is fun to play "who will get off at which stop" on marta Red line because of this effect.

The income disparity in atlanta is insane and getting worse.

Here's one for New York:

http://projects.newyorker.com/story/subway/

And Chicago:

http://youarehere.cc/j/subway/chicago.html

A very cool sonification of income inequality along the New York subway: https://datadrivendj.com/tracks/subway

Chicago's is heavily skewed by the loop stops - where almost nobody lives. Filtering those out would give a much clearer view.

Wow that's interesting how for Brown line the median income is already high for Addison and stays relatively constant all the way downtown

Here's one for DC: http://www.estately.com/washington-dc-real-estate-by-transit...

Seems like it would be more interesting in terms of price per sq ft. Some of the "expensive" stops just seem like places where the median sale represents a 4 bedroom house instead of a 1 bedroom apartment.

Ha! That's the feedback that inspired the price per square foot for this map.

Hahaha Washington & Stone represent!

Surprised no one has mentioned the Delmar divide in St Louis.

> edit: Keep down voting squares.

One for Greater Boston http://www.wbur.org/2013/01/30/boston-apartments-heat-map

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