Re: Books Banned in Utah.

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:

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Other "fun fact";  The cost of living in NY state is 2x the cost of
living in Utah which narrows the spending gap somewhat.

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Once again you are making claims without the evidence to back them up.
Please give the citations to support your overblown claim.

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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
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yes, it's NYC.  And yes, a large percentage of the student population
is in NYC and burroughs.
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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.

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And half the population live in the NYC region.
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  "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."
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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