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Re:The Tragedy of Baltimore by crooked-v on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @07:11PM (#19374034)
> Something cultural happened in the 1980s, I think across N.America.

Possibly also relevant is this graph: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/media/images/74298000/gif/...

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Re:The Tragedy of Baltimore by mymythisisthis on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @07:42PM (#19374203)
https://ktwop.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/baby-boomers.png

Birth rates for the last 100 years. You can exactly see the 1929, 1979 and 2008 economic crashes; just by observing birth rates.

Sometimes we look for complexity, and overlook the boring demographic stats. We need to take demographics more seriously.

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Re:The Tragedy of Baltimore by chocolatebunny on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @08:06PM (#19374369)
I can't really see anything in your graph that could relate to the 2008 economic crash. I mean, I guess there might be a tiny divot, but it looks pretty small.
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Re:The Tragedy of Baltimore by deathanatos on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @08:19PM (#19374442)
Whatever point that graph is attempting to make is lost by having no axis labels, no units, and no legend.
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