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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • I think you may have read the data wrong, in two places it says

    Most rental properties – about seven-in-ten – are owned by individuals, who typically own just one or two properties, according to 2018 census data.

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    Businesses own larger shares of units because individuals, while far more numerous, tend to own one or two properties at most, while businesses’ holdings are larger. In fact, 72.5% of single-unit rental properties are owned by individuals, while 69.5% of properties with 25 or more units are owned by for-profit businesses.

    The first sounds like most (read: more than 50%) do, but, and I may be reading the census data wrong, it seems like less than 20% own a single property for rent. The use of typically would indicate that most do, but they don’t actually include the data in the article, which is odd and worrying.

    The second also looks like it agrees with your assessment, but it actually kinda says the opposite- 72.5% of people who own single units for rental are individuals. This is surprising because it means there are 27.5% of single unit properties that are owned by businesses. However, it doesn’t mean that 72.5%, or even 50% of individuals (individual landlords) own a single unit to rent.

    This article all comes from the 2018 census, when the 2021 census is also available, but I wasn’t able parse either very well.
















  • EnderofGames@kbin.socialtoMemes@lemmy.ml(Left)
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    It’s a kbin setting… It needs some refining. There is no @ autocomplete, so turning it on is the only way to have easy access to the names of who you want to ping. But people who don’t know how it works…

    Anyways, you also have to turn on notifications to see if people respond to you in kbin. So it needs some work.


  • They came back and verified WarmSoda’s claim, and WarmSoda responded with:

    You’re stuck on details that don’t matter. Ramen is not worth buying no matter how cheap it is.
    But whatever. I give up. Be annoying.

    So that’s why there are downvotes. Hardly “dogpiling” at these tiny numbers. It’s not about the claim, or the fact that $0.30 a pack is still dirt cheap, as they said, it’s the fact that WarmSoda is being obnoxious and name calling because they aren’t being praised for their observation.