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24 alternatives to 99% Invisible - The SoHo Effect
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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. 99% Invisible - The SoHo Effect launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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After devastating earthquakes; give people half of a house
2016 · its alternatives →
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Every game is a designed system. Even a certain board game.
2015 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
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Where do you store hidden & forbidden objects or ideas?
2016 · its alternatives →
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Dive into the underworld of NYC's last standing flop hotel
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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AvenueEasy▲92Effortless filtering for NYC Facebook housing groups
2023 · avenueeasy.com · its alternatives →
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For the past few months, I've been working on a website that answers two different questions: - Where in my city have the best travel times to all the things and people I care about? - Given a listing, how far is it from all the things and people I care about? Personally this was fueled by my own frustrations when I was apartment hunting in NYC. I was frustrating to have to juggle so many Google Maps tabs when I was evaluating a listing, and it was also annoying to not have full confidence that I was even searching in the right places. I wanted to be close to work, a Trader Joe's, and a…
2025 · theretowhere.com · its alternatives →
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Top location marketing stories of the week
2016 · youtube.com · its alternatives →
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A story of architectural engineering gone wrong in NYC
2015 · its alternatives →
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A smarter neighborhood - one sticker at a time.
2019 · ewoudnet.nl · its alternatives →
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Inside the world’s biggest wholesale market
2016 · its alternatives →
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More ships buried under the streets of SF & Moving Sand
2016 · its alternatives →
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Swarmly▲89Waze for people. See where everyone is in realtime
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Who decides that denim jackets are “back?”
2016 · its alternatives →
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SixDoors▲77Curated local shopping from neighborhood boutiques (SF)
2014 · sixdoors.com · its alternatives →
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The advertising tricks used to make food look appetizing
2016 · its alternatives →
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