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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
^ I've been EXTREMELY skeptical of the CB's apparent dartboard approach to population estimates for over 30 years now.
The bigger and messier and more urban the city is, the more they seem to know fuck all about estimating it.
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I don't know their methodology, but I think the reason why they get the Northeastern cities so wrong is a combination of undercounting immigrants and multi-family dwellings, generally...but also because the region is so compact that lots of people never bother updating their various official documents...it's particularly true of young professionals.
Do you know how many people I know in NYC who still have their (drivers) licenses from (insert home state here) from a place they left ten years ago. Do you know how many young people live in NYC or Philly in reality but keep their address listed at their parent's houses in the suburbs to avoid paying local city taxes? It's HUNDREDS of thousands.
It only gets rectified when the physical count is done.
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