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lilaprilshowers t1_j7qg4ai wrote

Reply to comment by gmcg_abidesII in Vermont’s rates of homelessness are (almost) the worst in the country by DaddyBobMN

"Once data becomes a metric it no longer functions as data."

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EscapedAlcatraz t1_j7qig4d wrote

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

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lilaprilshowers t1_j7qzirt wrote

I don't think the HUD is deliberately setting out to deceive people. But if Vermont is rigorously counting every person in a shelter, hotel room, and encampment than it's data will be more accurate but appear worse then some one from, say Nebraska, idk, who sends one person out to an encampment and says,"well this seems like 200 people."

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