#wordproblemsIRL What do you think the formula is for this sentence: "The percentage by which the city’s average rate of rent exceeds 130 percent of the national median rent" ?
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They're comparing an average to a median? They should not be doing that.
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Oh yeah. wow I didn't even notice that. that is terrible. cc @NancySkinnerCA
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Replying to @SonjaTrauss @ebarcuzzi @NancySkinnerCA
It might not be terrible. The city average might be a more useful statistic for purposes of this law... and it may well be the statistic available nationally is the median.

May 1, 2019 · 7:21 PM UTC

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Replying to @davidbaron @SonjaTrauss @ebarcuzzi @NancySkinnerCA
Also if anything the average will likely skew higher than the median. (there's only so much room at the bottom)
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