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A comment on Airbnb in the City – New York State Attorney General's Report [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Airbnb in the City – New York State Attorney General's Re... by opendais on Friday October 17, 2014 @07:54PM (#8474051)
Over 6 years = 54.3-47.1=7.2 2002-2007 = 46-35.3=10.7

Hmm. Now you can blame the great recession but growth did slow.

So lets take 2011 to 2013 [after the Great Recession]: 54.3-50.9 = 3.4 And 2003 to 2005: 42.7-37.8 = 4.9

Notice the difference?

You can't claim this supports your position without cherry picking the data. Its completely worthless.

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Re:Airbnb in the City – New York State Attorney General's Re... by spikels on Friday October 17, 2014 @09:44PM (#8474342)
"If you torture the data long enough, it will confess to anything." - Ronald Coase
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Re:Airbnb in the City – New York State Attorney General's Re... by opendais on Friday October 17, 2014 @10:30PM (#8474429)
My point is the data is worthless to support your claim. Comparing time periods isn't "torturing the data".
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