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“The closer to the train station, the worse the kebab” – a “study”

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Re: “The closer to the train station, the worse the kebab” – a “study”

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Post by dietr1ch »

macrael wrote: post #15
calmbonsai wrote: post #5

This 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

Reviews probably have too much noise. It's not only the food that gets rated and people taking the time to rate a place might be doing so because of a particularly good or bad experience they just had. It's not really a day to day thing.

Re: “The closer to the train station, the worse the kebab” – a “study”

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Post by awesome_dude »

bitwize wrote: post #7

I've observed the following: 1) An alarming number of regions in the world have a pizza joint called "New York Pizza", "Manhattan Pizza", or similar. 2) The similarity of the pizza therein to the actual thin, greasy slices served up in pizza joints from actual New York is inversely proportional to the location's distance from New York. So, the New York Pizza in Boston -- pretty close. The New York Pizza in Brisbane,…

> I think they consider "pepperoni" and "salami"

Mate, spicy snags are spicy snags

Edit: Used the actual aussie word for sausages...

Re: “The closer to the train station, the worse the kebab” – a “study”

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Post by [deleted] »

lostdog wrote: post #17
macrael wrote: post #14

LOL 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.

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Re: “The closer to the train station, the worse the kebab” – a “study”

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Post by Glawen »

thebruce87m wrote: post #13

Always 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

Haa so many memories passing this kebab at the end of the night. I confirm it is the worst I ever tasted, but chips were Ok

Re: “The closer to the train station, the worse the kebab” – a “study”

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Post by dylan604 »

bayindirh wrote: post #12
madcaptenor wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The coffee from the machine in the office is even worse.

Visit us. You'll be surprised. :D

Now find the correlation to the quality of coffee to how recent the latest funding round was.

Re: “The closer to the train station, the worse the kebab” – a “study”

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Post by serial_dev »

dietr1ch wrote: post #21
macrael wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OP found no correlation

Reviews probably have too much noise. It's not only the food that gets rated and people taking the time to rate a place might be doing so because of a particularly good or bad experience they just had. It's not really a day to day thing.

Reviews have a lot of noise, but it feels like it’s still the best source, unless anyone can recommend a better alternative.

Reviews are the worse way to test this hypothesis except all the others.

Re: “The closer to the train station, the worse the kebab” – a “study”

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Post by bayindirh »

dylan604 wrote: post #26
bayindirh wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Visit us. You'll be surprised. :D

Now find the correlation to the quality of coffee to how recent the latest funding round was.

We buy our own coffee and equipment. The quality is constant. The only variable is our mood, which might affect the measurement from jug to jug, resulting in slight taste variations.

Re: “The closer to the train station, the worse the kebab” – a “study”

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Post by crazygringo »

dietr1ch wrote: post #21
macrael wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OP found no correlation

Reviews probably have too much noise. It's not only the food that gets rated and people taking the time to rate a place might be doing so because of a particularly good or bad experience they just had. It's not really a day to day thing.

Not true -- restaurant reviews have a lot of signal. Generally an average score is quite reliable once you hit 100 or so reviews. Even 50 reviews is a pretty decent signal.

Re: “The closer to the train station, the worse the kebab” – a “study”

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Post by crazygringo »

bitwize wrote: post #7

I've observed the following: 1) An alarming number of regions in the world have a pizza joint called "New York Pizza", "Manhattan Pizza", or similar. 2) The similarity of the pizza therein to the actual thin, greasy slices served up in pizza joints from actual New York is inversely proportional to the location's distance from New York. So, the New York Pizza in Boston -- pretty close. The New York Pizza in Brisbane,…

To be fair, pepperoni is literally just spicy salami. Salami with hot peppers added. Hence the "pepper" in the name.
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