Analysis of tweets may be useful for urban planners

This data is useful in urban planning, because it gives a good sense of what large groups of people are doing from hour to hour in a specific city or region. The article mentions night life in particular, where the data might give guidance into allocation of resources for cleanup and noise mitigation.

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