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Re:Dutch cities want to ban property investors in all neighb... by ___luigi on Sunday September 05, 2021 @06:14AM (#28422992)
> walking back to hotel at night, only about 30% of houses had any lights on.

I wish a data scientist at utilities (water, electricity and gas) providers pick up this line and provide some statistics on this. I wish also that city-services companies (e.g. Electricity/water/parking service provider) can collaborate to provide better and justified policy making.

I did similar studies based on open data to provide insights on road/sidewalk optimization usage, and I still see value in collaboration with policy makers.

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Re:Dutch cities want to ban property investors in all neighb... by spangry on Sunday September 05, 2021 @08:23AM (#28423803)
There's an organisation called Prosper Australia that does analysis of 'speculative vacancies' in Melbourne using water consumption data: https://www.prosper.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Prospe...
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Re:Dutch cities want to ban property investors in all neighb... by mordae on Sunday September 05, 2021 @06:51AM (#28423218)
Pirates tried to investigate the situation from this angle only to be publicly shamed for being commies, spying on people. They only wanted district aggregate statistics.
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