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vel0citylast Wednesday at 4:53 PM1 replyview on HN

I think to most people being called a dog is berating. Saying things like "that's all that your limited thought is able to offer" is berating.

> I engaged in your analysis to see if I can understand if you were confusing opportunity with number of jobs

It sure seems more like you engaged with the analysis to say I'm wrong about objectively factual things and called me a dog when I provided sources.

> I wondered what the thoughts about why people make the housing decisions they do were

You're wondering why people make the housing decisions they do but unwilling to actually engage in looking at the actual data of job opportunities, home values, etc. that might actually give you insights into it, from what I can tell. Because, who gives a rat's ass about the data to answer our questions when assumptions and conjectures will do. Obviously, the answer is because these houses in the exurbs are more likely to be tan and people just love the color tan for their home. We don't need to actually look at any information to see if this is true or not, we'll just discuss as if this is truth. Are the houses more likely to be tan? Do people even prefer tan houses? Who cares.


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9rxlast Wednesday at 5:34 PM

> Saying things like "that's all that your limited thought is able to offer" is berating.

How so? What are you thinking?

Additionally, it is interesting that you left out the "if". What was the thought process there?

> called me a dog when I provided sources.

I likened you to a dog wanting to pointlessly please its master. Call it berating if you will, but that is the behavior I see dogs exhibit and that is the behavior I observed here. I'm sure you have data to contradict my understanding, but to the extent of the understanding I have, that is simply a factual account.

> You're wondering why people make the housing decisions they do

I asked what others thought about it.

> but unwilling to actually engage in looking at the actual data of job opportunities, home values, etc.

This wouldn't indicate what others thought about it. There is a place for looking at the data, but that would happen independently and wouldn't carry into a discussion. Different tools for different jobs.

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