How to know if where you live is “up and coming”: fried chicken vs. coffee shops

<p>Whilst searching for a flat in London, I lamented to hear my estate agent described the area we were in as &ldquo;up and coming&rdquo;.</p> <p>Rather than believe the phrase was merely plucked out of the air, I struck upon a theory that future house prices could be explained by looking at the relative number of coffee shops and fried chickens in the area.</p> <p>Enlisting the help of data scientists*, three &lsquo;heatmaps&rsquo; of London were created to visualise where the coffee shops, chicken shops, and expensive houses were in the city.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@Sam_Floy/how-to-know-if-where-you-live-is-up-and-coming-fried-chicken-vs-coffee-shops-546080119f98"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>