The point—in context—was that reformers assumed tenement life to be a trap immigrants could never escape, and so sought to ban apartments. But every empirical study showed it was, instead, a launching pad.
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To be clear, I don't think this passage sinks your whole argument. But survey data showing that roughly half of residents arrived in prior 10 years is basically irrelevant. No conclusion can be drawn about what proportion of residents from 10 years prior had moved on from just that datapoint.
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What's the "report" cited on the page pictured?
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The Dillingham Commission
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I will dig it up
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