But even if things seem "really obvious" and we can tell "just by looking at the facts", I feel better if someone has looked at the data and shown that to be the case.
We aren't living in the feudal era, and a lot of people like to think that the reason people move to the cities is because of (for instance) bars and restaurants, museums and the opera, high-paying jobs and so on.
This proximity to wealth may be a symptom of some third factor or it may be the driving factor.
That's why I appreciate it when smart, hard-working people take their time to figure it out for me.
But even if things seem "really obvious" and we can tell "just by looking at the facts", I feel better if someone has looked at the data and shown that to be the case.
We aren't living in the feudal era, and a lot of people like to think that the reason people move to the cities is because of (for instance) bars and restaurants, museums and the opera, high-paying jobs and so on.
This proximity to wealth may be a symptom of some third factor or it may be the driving factor.
That's why I appreciate it when smart, hard-working people take their time to figure it out for me.