Bad Analogy Trend Continuing Unabated
Since the Los Angeles Times printed this quote in a story about real estate prices, presumably they understand what it means. We sure don’t:
“The Southern California housing market, [DataQuick chief analyst John] Karevoll said, “is like a train that is following the same track, with some cars closer to the front and some to the back. Yet the individual cars are moving at different speeds.”
Help anyone? Bueller?
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August 16th, 2005 at 12:43 pm
I see the housing market as being more like an America West flight, with some seats closer to the front than others, yet from every seat you can catch a whiff of barf smell.
August 16th, 2005 at 2:26 pm
The housing market is like the bobsled ride at Disneyland. At some point it’s going to come to a sudden stop and you’ll want to start over, but the line is so long that you get on It’s a Small World instead, and you feel like a jackass once you realize the boat goes 1 MPH and that annoying song gets tatooed onto your brain.
August 16th, 2005 at 4:47 pm
I see the housing market as a circle, but with right angles so that while it looks like a box from any direction, you know it’s a circle. In the end, some people make money and some people lose money.