What City Observatory did this week 1. We debunk the Wall Street Journal’s claim of an exodus of young adults from cities. Last week, the Wall Street Journal trumpeted an “exodus” of 25 to 39
The Week Observed, October 4, 2019 Read Post »
There’s no statistically significant news on young adults in cities in the latest Census release Pro-tip: Ignore changes smaller than the margin of error: they’re noise, not signal It’s hard to underestimate the journalistic zeal
No youth exodus from cities: WSJ is detecting noise, not signal Read Post »
Many states subject housing approval to environmental reporting requirements; what if we extended this same principle to car registrations. Back in the early days of the environmental movement–the late sixties and early seventies, one lawyerly
A modest proposal: An EIS for the DMV Read Post »
