City Data

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'''City Data''' is a website that claims to present demographic information culled from various data sources by OnBoard Informatics.  The forums are the real main attraction though.  It has become a great place to go for people who wish to see the new trending topics of [[wingnut]] rage, [[Logical fallacy|logical fallacies]] used in real conversations, or [[internet law]]s shown in real time.<ref>[http://www.city-data.com/forum/ City Data Forums]</ref>

== City Data forums ==

It seems like City Data has become a rising star among the new breed of popular fora whose main constituency appears to be best described as "red-state [[fascist]]"<ref>[http://www.city-data.com/forum/politics-other-controversies/968439-real-america-greetings-iowa.html This is the real America - Greetings from Iowa] - [[Jesusland]] is the only "Real America"</ref> but who ''think'' they're regular folks.  Many spend their days posting articles from extreme Right Wing partisan blogs,<ref>[[Glenn Beck|The Blaze]]</ref> [[Conservapedia]] panics,<ref>[http://www.city-data.com/forum/politics-other-controversies/1266099-public-school-indoctrination-like-you-wont.html PUBLIC SCHOOL INDOCTRINATION Like You Won't Believe!]</ref> [[Stormfront]] ideals,<ref>[http://www.city-data.com/forum/politics-other-controversies/1249433-what-if-south-won-american-civil.html What if the South won the American Civil War?]</ref> [[tinfoil hat]] sites,<ref>[http://www.city-data.com/forum/politics-other-controversies/971339-concerning-september-11-found-interesting.html Concerning September 11 - Found This Interesting]- 9/11 was an inside job</ref><ref>[http://www.city-data.com/forum/politics-other-controversies/978497-un-convoy-seen-rolling-through-pennslyvania.html UN convoy seen rolling through Pennslyvania] - The UN invaded on May 17th 2010, but the [[sheeple]] missed it</ref> the world is ending in the near future<ref>[http://www.city-data.com/forum/business-finance-investing/1243273-gas-reach-15-gal.html  Gas to reach $15/gal?]</ref>, and insulting "libs".<ref>[http://www.city-data.com/forum/politics-other-controversies/1247188-why-liberals-so-obsessed-diversity.html Why are liberals so obsessed with "Diversity"?]</ref><ref>[http://www.city-data.com/forum/politics-other-controversies/1188959-liberals-science.html Liberals and Science]</ref>

At many points the rage against evils of "liberalism" (Social Security and Medicare)<ref>[http://www.city-data.com/forum/politics-other-controversies/1232094-government-our-problem-reagan-said.html Is government our problem, as Reagan said?]</ref><ref>[http://www.city-data.com/forum/politics-other-controversies/1221354-im-63-im-tired.html I'm 63, and I'm Tired]</ref> are extremely funny since the predominant age demographic seems to be seniors on Social Security and Medicare<ref>[http://www.city-data.com/forum/politics-other-controversies/987396-anybody-here-medicare-but-me.html Frequent ranter against Medicare complaining about benefit cuts]</ref> who have nothing better to do.

A very funny thing to note is that having an education<ref>[http://www.city-data.com/forum/politics-other-controversies/1252927-necessity-ending-public-funded-education.html The Necessity of Ending Public Funded Education]</ref> and knowledge (especially working knowledge) about things is very frowned upon.  It is an interesting attempt to study what hundreds of [[crank]]s could come up if given a computer keyboard and a chance to talk to each other...and it's not Shakespeare.<ref>[http://www.city-data.com/forum/politics-other-controversies/1238068-health-nazi-storm-troopers-philly.html Health Nazi Storm Troopers in Philly] - Parents standing outside of convenience stores to stop their own kids eating junk and getting fat is apparently evil</ref>

== The data itself ==

The data on the main site is often several years out of date (such as home sales and unemployment), if not nearly a decade on some (home value prices).  A great deal of the data seems to pander towards the usual gossipy material<ref>[http://www.city-data.com/forum/portland/1160665-why-portland-so-infested-homeless.html Why is Portland so infested with homeless?]</ref> that appeals to the worst American instincts toward [[moral panic]] ("likely [[homosexual]] couples", "registered sex offenders", etc.) presented in crude graphs and cheap overly broad bullet points.<ref group=note>On at least one matter they make conjectures that is just plain wrong: They report the percent of "likely homosexual couples" in town based on the number of households with two adults of the same sex living there...instead of college students.</ref>

== See also ==
* [[The Economic Collapse Blog]]

==External links==
*[http://www.city-data.com/ city-data.com]

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