L.A.
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L.A. pairs with New York in Sam's pointed query, highlighting punishing housing costs erased by national means, intensifying the clash over formula accuracy as emblem of broader methodological blind spots.
Echoed as affordability-mocking sprawl
Illustrative example amplifying regional disparity argument
Counterpoint exposing averaged illusions vs. lived economic pain
Paired with New York by Sam to hammer formula's failure on punishing L.A. housing—rents/paychecks/home prices defying national averages—intensifying clash over variable costs Bernice deems unassessable.
Echoed as affordability-mocking sprawl
Concrete counterexample amplifying regional critique
Mirrors NY as proof of policy math's real-world fractures
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Outside Sam's office, with Bernice inside, Sam concedes that poverty statistics can be assembled multiple ways. Toby, embodying cynical pragmatism, pushes to configure them to show fewer poor people or …
Sam re-enters his office after debating Toby, lightening the mood with a statistical deer-hunting joke and teasingly suggesting 'Bernie' for Bernice. He pivots to a pointed challenge: urging a two-year …