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Re:July 2018 Median Household Income in the U.S. by ummonk on Sunday October 07, 2018 @11:45AM (#18161120)
Why not just use a 0-100% scale? It would make it clear how big a drop there has been. (Technically, you could get a ratio higher than 100% but it still seems like a reasonable upper bound in actuality.)
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Re:July 2018 Median Household Income in the U.S. by cygx on Sunday October 07, 2018 @11:50AM (#18161146)
Because the graph becomes illegible, and the reference value of interest to me is not where the median vanishes, but where median and mean are equal.

As I said repeatedly, if you don't like the graph, post a better one!

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Re:July 2018 Median Household Income in the U.S. by ekianjo on Sunday October 07, 2018 @12:30PM (#18161362)
Because the graph has an agenda and it shows.
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