Submitted by lemonzestttttttt t3_11vwq2a in dataisbeautiful
Bookandaglassofwine t1_jcv9u2i wrote
San Francisco is both a city and a county. Doesn’t that distort its ranking vs other cities?
Redditaccount173 t1_jcve39x wrote
New York as well
lemonzestttttttt OP t1_jcyqqhw wrote
If you check out the data set here (https://app.openaxis.com/visualizations/13172), you'll see that the chart is referencing San Francisco as a city
Bookandaglassofwine t1_jcyrb6h wrote
It’s the same entity. It’s the “City and County of San Francisco” so the city data by definition includes spending and debt that would normally be accrued at the county level. So not an apples to apples comparison.
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