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New Yorkers Stay Out Later, Eat More Brunch Than San Franciscans
And other findings from a mobile app that tracks how people in different cities spend their time.
The citizens of New York City and San Francisco no doubt have strong opinions on which city is superior. Now, there’s some data to back up their arguments.
Charlie Kubal and Dylan Keil are co-founders of chronos, a mobile app that uses location and accelerometer data to track how people spend their time. Users don't need to manually input where they’ve been, but can confirm when the app records an activity correctly and modify when the app gets it wrong. Using data from the past six months from thousands of randomly-selected users in each city, the chronos founders compared the sleeping, commuting, and nightlife patterns of New Yorkers and San Franciscans.