Freedom is not something you can possess without effort. It requires stretching for the ‘more worthy’ and a willingness to leave behind the ‘less worthy.’ Freedom is a milestone that is only reached through a journey of progressive choices. Once you cross this milestone, freedom is something that must be
I have dedicated more than a little time to Metro Atlanta neighborhoods, so with the release of new census data I plan to seize the chance of moving forward with the fruits of what I've learned and adding new elements to help shed further light. My first step
One of the top three ethics that disciplines researchers is following where the data takes you. So far, we have journeyed through the facts and figures tied to four different neighborhood types found in Metro Atlanta. Each neighborhood type has been defined by the degree that the neighborhoods under their
Louisville is not only my hometown, it is my college city, and the metro in which I have conducted published research. One of the questions that continues to circulate around Louisville and other metros is: Which metro areas are our true peers? We decided to take on this challenge of
The original excitement for Data Release Day has now transitioned into the serious work of building base files with the data and accounting for why we keep at that work of curating datasets. The organizations we serve have many cares and concerns, so we see our role as doing some
Today, a lot of data enthusiasts and analysts are celebrating the release of 2024 American Community Survey (ACS) Five-Year Estimates data. The datasets tied to this new release are critical for understanding neighborhood dynamics such as rental and home-buying affordability, the number of cost-burdened households, and the demographic characteristics of
Despite our best intentions to establish environments where tension-free collaboration and cooperation flourish, the real world and its conditions, always seem to interfere. There is no way around it, every organization is composed of the people making it run, and each person brings with them a self-identity, a structure of
So far, I have discussed mostly disadvantaged and fully disadvantaged neighborhoods in Metro Atlanta and how both neighborhood types relate to each other. On the next rung of the socioeconomic ladder are middling neighborhoods. Middling neighborhoods are those that better Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) measures on exactly two metrics. The
What a time it is to grow and sustain an ethics of care in this ‘struggle for existence’ enshrining social climate. This struggle for existence operates on the assumption that there are different groups of people in competition with each other, which spurs the logic of erecting and enforcing boundaries
Previously, I explained the differences between mostly disadvantaged neighborhoods and fully disadvantaged neighborhoods in Metro Atlanta. Outside of mostly disadvantaged neighborhoods being distinguished for gaining one statistical foothold relative to their metro area—versus none—several other characteristics were detailed. Most outstanding in this regard were the geometric distances between
Imagination is a powerful thing. It seeds possibilities that move us beyond dispiriting status quos and galvanizes transformative action. In support of the imaginative souls who are troubled by the current state of housing yet committed to seeing greater equity in this realm—I am spearheading a service that provides
Our next and final series solely dedicated to Metro Atlanta neighborhoods will focus on Metro Atlanta’s five neighborhood types as revealed by our Core Socioeconomic Realities dataset framework. This framework analyzes Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) neighborhoods through a comparative lens that lines up neighborhood-level socioeconomic statistics with MSA-level statistics.