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Connecticut and the 1 Kilometer Effect

15 pointsby speckxtoday at 5:52 PM4 commentsview on HN

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pavel_lishintoday at 7:24 PM

> People who prioritize their health are more likely to have friends who prioritize their health. And so on. > > We become like the people we choose to be around.

I'm not convinced that that's it. It's more likely that the first person who got solar installed talked to their neighbors about it, and the neighbors were convinced. It's not like after you move to a neighborhood, you're really choosing anything after that point about your neighbors.

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woriktoday at 7:32 PM

This reminds me to get solar.

Proximity is not just geographical.

grantpitttoday at 6:57 PM

Somewhat analogously the best predictor of if I read a book on a given day is if I read the day before, I'd guess.