[custom_adv] Researchers measuring relationships between neighborhoods and health have begun using property appraisal data as a source of information about neighborhoods. Economists have developed a rich tool kit to understand how neighborhood characteristics are quantified in appraisal values. [custom_adv] This tool kit principally relies on hedonic (implicit) price models and has much to offer regarding the interpretation and operationalization of property appraisal data-derived neighborhood measures, which goes beyond the use of appraisal data as a measure of neighborhood socioeconomic status. [custom_adv] The hedonic-based neighborhood measure was correlated in the expected direction with block group poverty rate and observed property characteristics. The neighborhood measure and average raw neighborhood appraisal value, but not census block group poverty, were associated with individual body mass index. [custom_adv] Despite being one of the wealthiest men on earth, the investment mogul Warren Buffett still resides in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. His home, meanwhile, was purchased in 1958 for around $250,000 in today's dollars. It's just one of the reasons Buffett remains one of the most beloved—and relatable—billionaires on earth. [custom_adv] We draw theoretically consistent methodology from the economics literature on hedonic price models to demonstrate how to leverage the implicit valuation of neighborhoods contained in publicly available appraisal data. Consistent measurement and application of the hedonic-based neighborhood measures in epidemiology will improve understanding of the relationships between neighborhoods and health. [custom_adv] Researchers should proceed with a careful use of appraisal values utilizing theoretically informed methods such as this one.Property appraisal data represent a promising data source for understanding how neighborhood environments impact health, but there is limited clarity about which neighborhood attributes are measured by appraisal data and which are relevant to health. [custom_adv] At the age of 12, Usher and his family relocated from Tennessee to Atlanta, Georgia. Soon afterwards, the singer got his big break, earning a recording contract at the age of 14. Despite earning enough money to live anywhere he pleases, Usher remained in Atlanta. In 2018, he sold his then-home after reports of a stalker surfaced, so hopefully the location of his current mansion stays more private. [custom_adv] The actor and rapper is reportedly in the process of building out his dream home in the city. Rumor has it that it'll include a 10-car garage, rooftop hot tub, trophy room, and a nearly NBA-regulation size basketball court. [custom_adv] John Cusack and his also-famous sister Joan were raised in the outskirts of Chicago. After becoming a movie star, though, the actor decided to remain right where he was, purchasing his own apartment in the city. [custom_adv] Raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, with her sister Britney, Jamie Lynn Spearsstill resides near there today. Recently, she told Entertainment Tonight that her sister traveled back home to quarantine with Jamie Lynn and her daughter.
