Art
This 2018 map of Memphis shows a sprawling city of neighborhoods, highways, and suburbs—a snapshot of how Americans were living at the end of the 2010s. For most people, choosing where to live meant studying maps like this one, weighing commute times, school districts, and what you could afford.
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You're sitting at a kitchen table on a Sunday afternoon, laptop open, trying to decide. The map glows on your screen—green for parks, red for highways, tiny labels for neighborhoods you've never heard of. Your finger traces a possible route from that apartment listing to work. Twenty minutes? Thirty? You zoom in closer, looking for clues about the life you might build there.
Reflect
Where do you look first when you're considering a new place to live?