Maps
- NewsMic
Here's a Map of Every State and Their Marijuana Laws
Here's a map of where marijuana is legal.
- NewsQuartz
Here’s a list and map of all the Walmart store closings in the US
Walmart is shutting down 269 stores as the company tries to cut costs and focus on e-commerce. More than half of these stores are in the US. Included among the closures are all 102 locations of Walmart Express, its smallest stores. Express began in 2011 as an experiment with bodega-like Walmarts in spots, mostly urban…
- NewsMichelle Huffman
Where Rent Is the Worst
Real estate listing service Trulia took a look at the most expensive rental markets in the country—New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and Washington, D.C.—and mapped out the most expensive neighborhoods within these pricey towns. San Francisco is giving New York some stiff competition for most expensive place to rent at $3,200. Boston, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles simply can’t compete with the rent levels of New York and San Fran, so we drop to $2,000 per month as our bench
- NewsMichelle Huffman
See How Big American Cities Will Be Swallowed by the Ocean
Their fates are apparently sealed: A recently published climate change study detailed how some major American cities are already doomed by rising sea levels – as in, there’s no hope now of reversing the tide. Miami and New Orleans will largely be swallowed, the study says. Cities like New York City and Norfolk, Virginia, still have a fighting chance. An interactive map developed by Climate Central called “Surging Seas: Mapping Choices” shows how these cities will be affected.
- NewsMichelle Huffman
How Airbnb Is Driving Up Rents
Airbnb is possibly costing residents of New York City’s most popular neighborhoods a few hundred dollars each year in rent. From hipster-heavy Williamsburg to buttoned-up Midtown Manhattan, residents are paying anywhere from $37 to $69 more each month thanks to the so-called “Airbnb effect,” according to the The Real Deal, a New York real estate news site.
- NewsYahoo Real Estate Contributors
Next Real Estate Hot Spots Revealed in Investor Survey
Fuhgeddaboudit! That’s because cities like Denver and Nashville are about to steal the real estate spotlight. A new study shows investors are losing enthusiasm for large, trendy real estate markets in so-called gateway cities such as New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. Increasingly, they are turning their gaze toward secondary and tertiary cities like Austin, Charlotte, and Nashville. “It’s a job creation story,” said Mitchell Roschelle, the PwC real estate advisory leader who spearheaded
- NewsMichelle Huffman
The Most Beautiful Places to Live? Really?
(Graphic via Washington Post; click over to Post for interactive version) Ventura County, California, is a real natural beauty, according to the federal government. Admittedly, it’s hard to argue. Ventura is that stereotypically perfect California place: beaches, mountains in the distance, bright sun, warm weather. Ventura, California (Photo: Flickr user Harold Litwiler) The map above – created by the Washington Post and available on its site in an interactive version – is culled from a USDA pro
