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London is extremely walkable and doesn’t seem to have that great of a social mobility for its residents.
by dogma1138 7y ago
London is extremely walkable and doesn’t seem to have that great of a social mobility for its residents.
- izacus 7y agoDo you have better support for this statement than what the authors of cited paper have? You did, after all, dismiss a whole paper with a glib remark.
- pmiller2 7y agoOne example doesn’t strike me as a glib dismissal, particularly since this study was done in the United States.
- maxerickson 7y agoThey don't give an example, they express their impression rather than providing contrary data.
- pmiller2 7y agoDo you expect an entire research paper in a single HN comment?
- izacus 7y agoNo, but I would expect HN participants to not dismiss a researched paper with a glib "feeling" that's utterly unfounded.
- maxerickson 7y agoI don't really care either way. I was arguing with your characterization of their comment, not demanding that they retract it.
- Barrin92 7y agothey didn't give an example but simply made an assertion, one that by the way is likely wrong, given that the East of England is generally upheld as an example of good mobility(https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2018/feb/14/we-cannot-let-london-outstrip-other-regions-on-social-mobility https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2018/fe...), compared to the rest of the country.
- scarejunba 7y agoAh, I see. Then I shall counter: London has pretty good upward mobility.
- cameronbrown 7y agoCitation needed. Feels like a deathtrap sometimes.