Plan an event, pop-up or bar crawl

The job, step by step

1. 1

   Find the densest stretches

   Amount · per km²

   Bars, restaurants or any kind of place per km², for the hex alone or Within a 10-minute walk.

2. 2

   Check the cluster is real

   Clusters (Getis-Ord Gi*)

   Hexes are marked genuinely busy only when the concentration passes a significance test, so one lively corner doesn't pass for a whole neighborhood.

3. 3

   Lively and easy to reach

   Score

   Weigh bars and nightlife against transit stops, so the shortlist favors stretches guests can reach and leave.

4. 4

   Varied or one-note

   Variety

   See whether a stretch mixes many kinds of bar and restaurant, or leans on one.

5. 5

   Who is within a short walk

   Territory · catchment

   Drop a pin on your address and draw a 15-minute walking catchment. Its dashboard lists the residents, ages and places inside.

Try it on a real map

Each button opens the example in the map app, ready to change.

Real answers, with sources

Questions like these, already answered for real cities. Each answer names its source and census year, says what it cannot show, and opens on the live map.

Density first, then the test

Density shows where bars are packed; Clusters shows whether that packing is more than chance. A stretch that is bright on both, and close to transit on the Score, is the one to scout in person.

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What this can't tell you

• No footfall or visit counts: the map shows where places are, not how many people pass them.
• No opening hours, capacity or event permits.
• Places come from one release of Overture Maps, so a bar that opened or closed since may not match.