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From: Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com>
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Subject: Re: Books Banned in Utah.
Date: 14 Aug 2024 01:21:53 GMT
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On 2024-08-12, Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote:
> Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com> writes:
>>On 2024-08-12, Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote:
>
>>> Other "fun fact";  The cost of living in NY state is 2x the cost of
>>> living in Utah which narrows the spending gap somewhat.
>>
>>Once again you are making claims without the evidence to back them up.
>>Please give the citations to support your overblown claim.
>
> https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=United+States&city1=Salt+Lake+City%2C+UT&country2=United+States&city2=New+York%2C+NY
>
> yes, it's NYC.  And yes, a large percentage of the student population
> is in NYC and burroughs.
>
>>
>>Yes, COL in New York *City* is easily twice that of any city in Utah.
>>But that's not the whole state; I lived most of my life in upstate
>>New York (Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Watertown, Ithaca) and the
>>COL there is quite reasonable.
>
> And half the population live in the NYC region.
>
>   "According to population estimates from the 2020 US Census,
>    New York State is the fourth most populous state in the country,
>    housing more than 20 million people (20,201,249). Within the state,
>    approximately 45% of the population, or almost 9 million people
>    (8,804,190), reside in New York City."
>
> Add Long Island and Westchester county and that's significant majority of
> the states population.

I don't see the purpose of this post of yours. It doesn't support your
claim. It doesn't change the fact that the COL in New York *State* (which
includes the huge COL in New York City) is about 130% that of Utah, and
the student cost per pupil of New York *State* is 355% that of Utah.
You seem to be the only one who thinks 130% is almost 355%. I view them
as quite different.

Chris