supercrooky

supercrooky t1_jefobd9 wrote

The "ranking" is dumb, it's by proportion of early deaths in the state due to accidents, rather than the more informative early death rate due to accidents.

A state can have a high percentage here due to accidents being high and other death rates being more average, or by having an average number of accidents and other death rates being low. West Virginia is the former, Connecticut is the latter.

This is pretty typical amateur hour mistake from someone making blogspam infographics.

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supercrooky t1_j9om3ke wrote

Lawn seats are not great. You are quite a ways back, and while to roof supports don't block too much view, you do need to jockey for a good spot to minimize that. Also, if you care about bands that may go on before the sun goes down, the stage is covered and darker than the lawn and outer row of sets so it can be a little harder to see. For rowdier shows, the lawn is where the rowdiness is concentrated, so consider that if that matters to you. If you really, really want to see the show and they are all you can afford they are fine, but sections 1-8 (under the roof) are going to be a much better experience.

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supercrooky t1_j256zrj wrote

Crime rates don't work right on the Vineyard, or to lesser extent the Cape.

The problem is these figures always use the number of residents as the divisor, not the number of people present, while the crime totals are all committed by all people present, not just residents. This is a good enough approximation most places, but in the case of MV the residents figure is around 1/10th the peak summertime population. So, you get the violent crimes committed by tourists and seasonal residents all added up and attributed to the year round population, inflating the figure.

You see this to some extent or another anywhere lots of people visit and fewer people live - tourist destinations, downtown business districts, shopping centers, etc.

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