Whale Speak » average http://tamewhale.com/whalespeak Infrequent & Opinionated Web Farts Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:46:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Chicago from the air http://tamewhale.com/whalespeak/2008/08/chicago-from-the-air/ http://tamewhale.com/whalespeak/2008/08/chicago-from-the-air/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:30:40 +0000 Gavin http://tamewhale.com/whalespeak/?p=65

from flickr: caribb

Chicago looks great from the air. Miles of tiny suburbs and then suddenly a short burst of skyscrapers and then Lake Michigan to the horizon.

The building height here is kind of like a Black Swan. The average height is probably just above normal house height, which tells you nothing. It doesn’t describe the suburbs and it leaves you completely unprepared for downtown.

What does this mean? Beware of averages.

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