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Wow, putting Martin Luther King anything in that box really causes a hit. Edit: Hmm, the problem is that they are comparing values with the entire country, rat
by lawnchair_larry 12y ago
Wow, putting Martin Luther King anything in that box really causes a hit.
Edit: Hmm, the problem is that they are comparing values with the entire country, rather than homes in the same city or region as those streets. So if a street name is more common on the west coast, it automatically gets assigned a higher value, even if its relative value is diminished for every area in which it occurs.
- jedberg 12y agoIt's important to note that MLK was not a street name before the 60s, so most every street with that name was renamed from something before that, often in a depressed part of town. My racist relative used to say "never live on or near MLK, because you know it's a bad part of town". Ironically I used to live one block off of MLK in Berkeley, and it was quite lovely.