[bagels]

I want to live where I can walk to a grocery store, there is little traffic, crime and detritus, balancing affordability.

This doesn't cover any of that.

[superconduct123]

Why even comment then?

OP explained up front what the tool does

Its like walking by a poster advertising guitar lessons and exclaiming out loud "I don't want guitar lessons!"

[bagels]

Because I was induced to click by the title of the post:

"Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences"

I'm providing feedback that what is promised is not delivered. Maybe it's the op's preferences, but it's not my preferences.

It's more like a poster offering guitar lessons, and the person will only tell you that a guitar has five strings.

[IncreasePosts]

I thought about using Google maps street view photos for something like that, get all the photos for a city, and then classify how much trash is visible, and also calculate how many people there are and what they're doing.

My idea, at least from living in New York, is that if there are a medium amount of people walking around, and not that many people just sitting there or leaning against a building, and there isn't a ton of trash visible, then it is probably a pretty good neighborhood.

If there is nobody, or a ton of people, or if the people aren't mobile, or if there's a lot of trash, then it is probably not a neighborhood that I would like.

You could probably also use business types for that. Like, I would not want to live in a neighborhood that has a ton of pawn shops or churches in it.

[cvwright]

Unfortunately if you built this, half of the world would publicly condemn you as a terrible horrible person.