MLK Way part 2: Caveats about data
I'm going to be throwing a lot of data out there in this series, so I wanted to start with a few caveats about my process, and about data analysis in general. Accurately describing the social dynamics of the city through data analysis is a persistent challenge, and the geospatial dynamics aren't much easier to get at. A simple-sounding question like, "how has the proportion of Blacks in this neighborhood changed over time?" runs into all kinds of problems with the definition of terms and the availability of data.