The only place this isn't true is Japan.
Thinking about Turkey, that might not hold true either. Some of the best shops are both small and very close to mass transit in where I live.
“The closer to the train station, the worse the kebab” – a “study”
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#12Re: “The closer to the train station, the worse the kebab” – a “study”
#13Always like reading the Best Kebab reviews on trip advisor. It’s right next to Queen Street railway station so fits with the study.
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g186534-d125...
> Not only was my food uncooked but I also discovered a pubic hair in my chips and cheese, then when I proceeded to report the problem, I was chased with a knife. Down Dundas Street.Absolutely scandalous
Re: “The closer to the train station, the worse the kebab” – a “study”
#14LOL we may need to update the title of this post, half the top level comments right now are assuming the study confirmed the hypothesis.
> With a mighty Pearson's correlation of 0.091, the data indicates that this could
> be true! If you ignore the fact that the correlation is so weak that calling it 'statistically
> insignificant' would be quite generous.
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#15This makes intuitive sense. High mass-transit corridor real-estate (rail, air, road) leases come at a premium so those higher fixed-costs and must be balanced against a higher-volume of less-breadth of service with the same fixed (or even slightly higher) labor costs. In food service, high-volume is (mostly) inversely correlated with quality.
OP found no correlation
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#16Anecdotally, it's the same for coffee. Office lobby coffee shops are invariably terrible. The decent ones are always at least a 5-10 minute walk away.
OP found no correlation between railway proximity and quality
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#17LOL we may need to update the title of this post, half the top level comments right now are assuming the study confirmed the hypothesis. > With a mighty Pearson's correlation of 0.091, the data indicates that this could > be true! If you ignore the fact that the correlation is so weak that calling it 'statistically > insignificant' would be quite generous.
The more generally interesting a topic is the more likely a HN user is to read the article. A study.
Re: “The closer to the train station, the worse the kebab” – a “study”
#18Always like reading the Best Kebab reviews on trip advisor. It’s right next to Queen Street railway station so fits with the study. https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g186534-d125... > Not only was my food uncooked but I also discovered a pubic hair in my chips and cheese, then when I proceeded to report the problem, I was chased with a knife. Down Dundas Street.Absolutely scandalous
For context: "Knifey Chaseies" is an historic pastime in Glasgow where this shop is located. An immigrant flare to a local tradition!
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#19Ongoing discussion (due to the SCP) (58 points, 7 hours/4 days ago, 17 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43123810
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