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24 alternatives to 99% Invisible - The SoHo Effect

What do you call your neighborhood?

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.

1. 1
   99% Invisible – Half a House▲55

   After devastating earthquakes; give people half of a house

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hoodstarter▲91

   Turn vacant spaces into local hotspots

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   AvenueEasy▲92

   Effortless filtering for NYC Facebook housing groups

   2023 · its alternatives →

4. 4AW
   A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences▲321

   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 →

5. 5
   RedZone▲90

   Avoid the shady parts of town.

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   SOHO Home▲105

   Curated home items featured at Soho House

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   People. Places. Things.▲97

   A smarter neighborhood - one sticker at a time.

   2019 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Sup 3.0▲184

   The first creep-free way to see nearby friends

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   RentHackr▲116

   Hacking a better way to find apartments

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10FR
    Flattest Route - A web app to help you avoid hills in SF▲237

    2013 · flattestroute.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Ori▲240

    Effortless transformation of interior spaces

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Slight▲75

    An anonymous social network that's all about where you are.

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    SixDoors▲77

    Curated local shopping from neighborhood boutiques (SF)

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Subspotting▲65

    Visualizing available cell phone coverage on the NYC subway

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    VentureMap ​NYC▲123

    A network visualization of all startup investments in NYC

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16IW
    Interactive WebGL visualization of all 47K buildings in Manhattan▲151

    2018 · tbaldw.in · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Superb▲88

    'Hot or Not' for Local Places

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    What's My Hood▲67

    App to tell you the neighborhood in which you currently are

    2021 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Neighbors▲110

    Neighborhood watch as an app, by Ring

    2018 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    What the Street▲61

    Visualize the distribution of mobility spaces in cities

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    VicinityX▲10

    Curious about neighborhoods? Discover their secrets

    Oct 2025 · vicinityx.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Naborly▲84

    Lets landlords screen tenants automagically.

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Good Neighbour▲98

    Learn about your future home from the neighbours.

    2021 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Smarty Streets▲76

    Address verification should be easy

    2014 · its alternatives →

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