Show HN: Use Meetup.com Data to Find Your Ideal City

Re:Show HN: Use Meetup.com Data to Find Your Ideal City by theli0nheart on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @02:00PM (#12400191)

I agree with erex78. The former measurement doesn't tell me much; I already know what cities have the most people.

The latter measurement better indicates the probability of a chance encounter with someone who has your shared interests.

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Re:Show HN: Use Meetup.com Data to Find Your Ideal City by ponderingHplus on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @02:10PM (#12400261)

Yeah that's a good point. I like scribu's point that it can be somewhere in between. I'll have to think on that a little.

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Re:Show HN: Use Meetup.com Data to Find Your Ideal City by baccheion on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @04:19PM (#12401180)

Usually (taken from erf/error based on sample size), something grows proportional to the square root of the sample size. If using raw sample sizes, you can apply a square root to that sample size before using it (meters its impact).

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