nextHome was made as a easy tool to help college students make their decision on where to move after school. The project is an interactive map that helps a user find out what U.S state is best for them. It is a website that utilizes color to change a map based on someone's input.

When someone opens the website, they will see a map and various sliders which they can adjust. These sliders control things like population density, employment rate, and weather. Once the sliders are adjusted the computer gives a score to each state and highlights the states with the highest scores. To create the scores, the code takes the values on the slider and uses a range between 1-100 to assign a value to each state. If the value is above 75, the state will be highlighted on the map telling the user that this state meets their credentials. The entirety of the project was made in p5.js to be an easy tool to navigate your future. This project was built for people who have just graduated and who are unsure of where to go and also retirees looking for a place to relax. “Project name” can help people decide where to go for the next phase of their lives.

nextHome is a website designed for young adults who are looking to relocate and are exploring different locations. By taking data and information from each state, the website generates a map of the United States and generates sliders with different data attached to it.    

Currently, our website uses data markers on employment rate, weather, and population density. These are broken into three different sliders. Each slider has points assigned to it and when the combined total score of each state adds up to over 200 points, the map generates a range of colors. The state with the highest score appears as the darkest green while the lowest score appears as the lightest shade of green. The goal is to narrow in on a group of states that aligns with the user's preferences to help assist in their research.