new data visualization site: vizynary

December 31, 2013 9:13 AM

There are only a few posts since September 2013, but three of them are pretty cool: state-to-state migration in the United States in 2012; last two popes' word clouds and diff word clouds; real estate price movements in New York City.

He might still be working out a few kinks; I could not get the gun deaths graphic to work on my system. Also the migration clips at 10 000 so if you are interested in Vermont you are out of luck here as they fell off the chart.

posted by bukvich (7 comments total)

Huh, I wonder what's driving up residential prices up so severely in that part of Coney Island. I suspect Seagate is involved somehow, as otherwise it's mainly projects out there.
posted by griphus at 9:23 AM on December 31, 2013

I am indeed fascinated by new narrative instruments, and infographic is one of them.

Question for readers: what other presentation (w/ or w/out infographics) did you love?
posted by elpapacito at 9:45 AM on December 31, 2013

From the state-to-state migration comments: "Nobody leaves Vermont". Observation or threat?
posted by benito.strauss at 10:02 AM on December 31, 2013

Oops. Looks like we Filtered it.
posted by charred husk at 10:27 AM on December 31, 2013

griphus: the answer to all questions relating to real estate and Coney Island over the past few years, for better and worse, is Thor Equities.
posted by trackofalljades at 12:14 PM on December 31, 2013 [1 favorite]

The stuff Thor is doing doesn't really explain residential real estate prices going up. At least not yet. Most of their development has been commercial and has been going up at a snail's pace and I haven't seen any residential development at all. The neighborhood is in roughly the same shape it has been since '08 (arguably in worse shape since Sandy, in fact.)
posted by griphus at 12:27 PM on December 31, 2013

I heretofore knew nothing about Joseph Sitt. Part of me loves him: he came up on his own, by working in underserved locations. Hard to begrudge him that, no matter how hard I try.
posted by GrammarMoses at 10:16 AM on January 1, 2014