DodgerWalker t1_jbdei46 wrote on March 8, 2023 at 6:05 AM

Is the bar graph the raw number and the line graph the percentage or is it the other way around? A legend would be helpful.

gcappaert OP t1_jbfmm63 wrote on March 8, 2023 at 6:27 PM

Line graph is the percentage. You're right! I should have used a legend or different color. Thank you!

myspicename t1_jbdh1n1 wrote on March 8, 2023 at 6:35 AM

Useless without knowing if post office counts stayed stable or up and down over time.

gcappaert OP t1_jbfdhts wrote on March 8, 2023 at 5:29 PM

These are post office renamings. The buildings already existed

myspicename t1_jbfdztn wrote on March 8, 2023 at 5:32 PM

But if they are making up the same percentage of overall buildings because the amount of buildings is rising too that would be a lot different than if the increase is on a stable denominator.

gcappaert OP t1_jbfghsx wrote on March 8, 2023 at 5:48 PM

It's a percentage of enacted legislation, not a percentage of post offices. I think I made the axis labels too small!

myspicename t1_jbfhg90 wrote on March 8, 2023 at 5:54 PM

My comment is about data usefulness and applicability, not about visualization.

miclugo t1_jbf90yi wrote on March 8, 2023 at 5:01 PM

It looks like these are honorary renamings, usually after some locally famous person (they don't affect anything about the actual mail, they usually just put up a plaque at the post office) and they are occasionally controversial.

[deleted] t1_jbfdjwi wrote on March 8, 2023 at 5:29 PM

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gcappaert OP t1_jbd579i wrote on March 8, 2023 at 4:30 AM

Tools: Pandas and matplotlib

Source: USPS list of dedicated post offices, https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/statistics

[deleted] t1_jbfciiv wrote on March 8, 2023 at 5:23 PM