Use Google Maps To See Where Rich And Poor People Live In South Africa

We spotted an article on BusinessInsider about a Reddit post which showed a search for high and low end retailers, as a way to define a city’s rich and poor areas. We did the same thing, pitting Woolworths against Shoprite. Here are the results:

CLICK IMAGE for ‘Woolworths, Cape Town’ search on Google Maps (will open in a new window)

CLICK image below for ‘Shoprite, Cape Town’ search on Google Maps (will open in a new window)

Are you moving to a new city or area? Do you want to know which node suits your pocket?

Maybe you should use this technique…

Click here to get to Google maps and try your own search.

Click here for the live Google Maps page showing Woolworths stores in Cape Town.

Click here for the live Google Maps page showing Shoprite stores in Cape Town.

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