Loved these maps by @ingrid using bodegas and Soylent as a gentrification metric. Walking this morning I started wondering if Amazon Prime van activity vs cop car circulation might be another good one? I see wayyyy more vans than cops in my gentrified "arrondissement."
(I *think* here in Montreal there are fewer cops circulating in richer neighbourhoods but I'm pretty sure that's not the case in the US so my idea might not work. 🤔 (If the data is even available.))
https://observablehq.com/@lifewinning/bodega-inventory-as-gentrification-metric
@inevernu thanks! have been thinking a lot about other potential metrics to use now that Soylent's abandoned the bodega market. Maybe retail locations for DTC food products/"shoppy shops"? (see https://www.grubstreet.com/2023/01/why-every-shoppy-shop-looks-exactly-the-same.html)
