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Renting and Commuting in the Bay Area

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By: Nancy Stetson and Cassandra Bayer Question: The Effect of Commute Times on Rental Prices The term “housing crisis” has become commonplace amongst Bay Area residents. The influx of businesses into the region has driven up rental prices, squeezed the market’s available housing stock, and increased the population. Our initial hypothesis posited that the increased … Continue reading Renting and Commuting in the Bay Area

Housing Affordability in the Bay Area

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For Exercise 8 I used Craigslist rental data for the Bay Area, combined with commute times for both driving and transit from the Google Directions API. The map shows where the housing is more or less affordable in the Bay. Red listings are unaffordable to someone who makes the median income in SF- Oakland metro area ($75,779). These … Continue reading Housing Affordability in the Bay Area