Buenos Aires by barrio: Palermo, Belgrano, Caballito
Four barrios in numbers: Belgrano 91.6, Recoleta 87.4, Palermo 83.8, Caballito 82.9. What the avenues' noise and the Subte lines decide.
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How to read an address: walking minutes, noise, air, cycling and the cost of living, on real addresses in four countries.
Moving abroad: choosing a neighbourhood you have not seen
Five steps from a city to an address when you cannot visit first, worked through in Tbilisi, from Vake to Saburtalo.
Cycling to the centre of Valencia, address by address
Three Valencia addresses: 6 minutes by bike from Ruzafa, 12 from Benimaclet, 24 from El Cabanyal. How the ride to the centre is timed and scored.
Four countries, one scale: Moscow against Valencia
Can an address in Moscow be compared with one in Valencia? The median of 18 rated addresses is 83.9 in Spain and 65.2 in Georgia. What lies behind it.
Living by the water: how long the walk really is
A flat "by the river" on the map and on foot: in Tbilisi 639 m in a straight line become 787 m and 10.6 minutes. How water enters an address score.
How the score is made: formula, weights, penalties
One address step by step: at 13 Tverskaya Street, Moscow, eleven categories earn 93.17, the air takes 5.48 and 87.7 is left. Where each point comes from.
A loud street under the window: what it costs in points
In Buenos Aires, Caballito loses 7.7 points to its avenue and misses the top band; Belgrano loses none. The noise formula and how to check an address.
One address, three scores: what the weights change
58 Kirova Street in Adler scores 61.7 with standard weights, 66.8 with a family's and 56.2 with those of life without a car. Set the weights to your life.
Valencia, Alicante or Malaga: living without a car
Twelve addresses in three Spanish cities: Benimaclet in Valencia scores 94.1, central Malaga 90, central Alicante 89.1. Where a wrong pick costs most.
Score a neighbourhood by your own places, not averages
Add your office, gym and school to an address report. On 13 Tverskaya Street three places within seven minutes lift 87.7 to 88.7; elsewhere they cut it.