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1. ajfrie+Q8
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2025-02-07 17:36:50
>>voxada+(OP)
...and use H3 instead!
https://h3geo.org/
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2. sbroth+0a
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2025-02-07 17:43:34
>>ajfrie+Q8
Very different use case -- ZIPs/ZCTAs have some semblance of population normalization
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3. mattfo+7h
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2025-02-07 18:21:44
>>sbroth+0a
Not necessarily true. The population isn't balanced at all between many. Census units are.
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4. ellisv+Li
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2025-02-07 18:31:47
>>mattfo+7h
Absolutely this. Use other Census areal units if you can and ZCTAs only if you have to.
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