by Gary Menger | Apr 13, 2023 | Census, Menger's Musings
Prior to the 2020 census, there was considerable debate about the politicization of the census through the proposed question on immigration status. The ultimate decision by the Supreme Court to disallow the question was largely because of the concern that the accuracy...
by Gary Menger | Dec 8, 2022 | Demographics, Quality of Life
In the Panorama segmentation system, the most affluent segments are assigned to the lowest numbers with 01 One Percenters holding the top spot for affluence. Does money translate into happiness, or at least a better quality of life? To answer that question, we...
by Gary Menger | Dec 1, 2022 | Menger's Musings
This week, I read with considerable sadness of the passing of an old friend and mentor, Tony Lea. As many will know, Tony was an integral part of the success of Environics Analytics in Toronto over the past two decades. I first met Tony some forty years ago when I...
by Gary Menger | Oct 13, 2022 | Methodology
One of the more persistent issues in geospatial analysis is that of consistency in time series analysis. We can’t help but want to compare the growth of one city against another over time. Time is the easy part – a year today is the same as a year in millennia past,...
by Gary Menger | Oct 13, 2022 | Maps
A few weeks ago, we examined the changes to the patterns of manufacturing employment and a natural follow-up is to consider the impacts on regional income. Income is particularly difficult to study over time since the geographic study areas change over time as does...
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