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And age, race, types of jobs, family structure, trust in authority, education, and probably more. San Carlos is white, rich, and old. East Palo Alto it not.

• an_opabinia 6y ago
  Of course. The real scandal is how bean counting has failed millions of Californians. Are that many people really eking out an existence so marginal, it has no impact on prices for homes, equities, goods and services? Or is there something wrong with what we’re measuring?
• babesh 6y ago
  It is dense, multi family housing and having to work at jobs that expose you to other people. It isn’t directly race or age.
  • ketzo 6y ago
    Well, yeah, those are the factors for which race and age (and wealth) serve a pretty direct proxy in the U.S.
    • babesh 6y ago
      It is flawed lens. For instance there are poor Asian subgroups and there are poor in otherwise rich groups.