[lit-ideas] Re: [lit-id] The Poverty of Heritage

LH>However, the author of the United Nations Housing Indicators report 
LH>asserts that, in most cases, the average housing size in major cities 
LH>can be taken as roughly representative of the nation as a whole. 

It isn't the average housing size that's the issue (pace Pollitt) it's the
*cost* (which also of course varies with size).  Housing in London 
(and parts of the SouthEast) is massively more expensive than elsewhere
in the UK.  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lawrence Helm 
  To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 4:00 AM
  Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: [lit-id] The Poverty of Heritage




  Note footnote 11 of the Heritage report:  "See Katha Pollitt, "Poverty: 
Fudging the Numbers," The Nation, November 2, 1998. Pollitt argues that it is 
misleading to compare the living space of poor Americans nationwide to that of 
average citizens in major cities in other nations, since European cities, in 
particular, have small housing units that are not representative of their 
entire nations. However, the author of the United Nations Housing Indicators 
report asserts that, in most cases, the average housing size in major cities 
can be taken as roughly representative of the nation as a whole. A comparison 
of the data in Table 4 and Appendix Table A would appear to confirm this."

Other related posts: