Now I think I am catching on. Saying the population is 1,000,000 is misleading because people will think it is 1,000,000 hipster rich folks?
No Bird -- No.
It's inaccurate reporting to start with....wrong population cited.
It misleads the reader about the size of SD---not 1M but maybe 4m... big diffy diffy
If you think the writer missed the boat on the population,
how much faith have you got in the reports of the various venues he covered ?? Huh ??
The who;e thing falls apart in my eyes...
Not unusual to start with a headline and write the story to fit the bill....
instead of the reverse... report accurately and apply a headline./ title
not saying he did that but .....