Economics

HMWK 11

This assignment builds off the work you did in HMWK 10. In fact, you will be repeating what you did in

HMWK 10 almost exactly, only using a city other than San Antonio.

First, browse the map on the Opportunity Atlas data website. Pick a city other than San Antonio, with

which you are familiar. If you grew up in the US, then I would suggest the city you grew up in. If you

grew up outside the US, I would suggest picking an American city you’ve visited. If you haven’t lived in

or visited a city in the US other than San Antonio, I would suggest picking a US city that has appeared in

the news, or even just a “famous” US city like New York or L.A. This project will be easier and more fun

if you pick a city you are familiar with, where you can picture the streets, know something about the

neighborhoods and local conditions.

Step 1: Pick a city you are familiar with.

Step 2: open the atlas.csv dataset. This is a big dataset that includes all tracts in the US.

Step 3: find the commuter zone id you chose in 1. Use the variables “cz” and “czname” to help you.

Keep only the rows where the cz var is equal to the id for the city in 1.

Step 4: repeat each graph in HMWK 10 for these new data.