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23 Feb 2016 Conversations with Tyler Nate Silver on the Supreme Court and the Underrated Stat for Finding Good Food (Live at Mason)
“It’s really hard to improve your lot in New York, at least at the neighborhood level. But I don’t know, it’s hard to find good hole-in-the-wall places to eat in the — although there’s some ramen shops that are getting better.”
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…In all of these interviews, in the middle segment, we do a little game. It’s called “Underrated versus Overrated.” I name a few things, and you tell me if you think they’re underrated or overrated, and you’re free to pass on any you don’t want to have an opinion on. New York City, the Upper East Side. Overrated or underrated? [laughter] Are they really that happy in Seinfeld, and how did they afford that apartment, anyway? I think a little overrated. But look, New York is actually extremely efficiently priced. We did an analysis for New York Magazine a few years ago where we tried to say what’s the best neighborhood. The problem is that cost accounts for an R-squared of like 0.93 with our quality index or something. It’s really hard to improve your lot in New York, at least at the neighborhood level. But I don’t know, it’s hard to find good hole-in-the-wall places to eat in the — although there’s some ramen shops that are getting better. I, like, basically, judge everything by food. The shortest avenue in Manhattan, Fourth Avenue, it’s what, six blocks long.…
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