Interactive map shows where native and new Berliners live

Re:Interactive map shows where native and new Berliners live by flexie on Friday November 07, 2014 @06:26AM (#8572031)

Interesting. I wonder whether you wouldn't find the same pattern in many other metropoles. On Manhattan, when I lived there, everybody seemed to be from somewhere else.

Maybe this is just a function of the facts that a city center is an expensive place to raise kids and that few aim at living in another city's suburbs; if you are moving to some suburb of another city you might as well just stay in the suburb of the city you are currently in.

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Re:Interactive map shows where native and new Berliners live by BjoernKW on Friday November 07, 2014 @06:41AM (#8572069)

I think you can compare the centre of Berlin (roughly Mitte, Charlottenburg, Tiergarten, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Prenzlauer Berg) to Manhattan in that respect.

Those are the areas where the interesting stuff is happening that makes moving to the city worthwhile. As for Berlin most of the startup activity and economic growth is happening in that area. In addition to that all the important government institutions are located in that area, too.

Rapid transit is an important factor as well. Inside the S-Bahn-Ring you can get around really fast whereas getting from say Köpenick to the inner city takes quite some time.

I suppose the areas around Manhattan or Greater New York as a whole would show a very similar picture.

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Re:Interactive map shows where native and new Berliners live by kalli on Friday November 07, 2014 @08:44AM (#8572431)

I wonder whether you wouldn't find the same pattern in many other metropoles.

Yeah I'd be interested in seeing similar stats for other cities.