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Figure 4-12. Precise values added to the left of the bars
We've now visualized the ratio in a way that makes it easy for our audience to perform a
number of different tasks very quickly:
▪ Get a general sense of how the 59 community districts compare relative to one another
▪ Determine which districts have the highest ratios, and which have the lowest
▪ Get a general sense of which boroughs have districts at the top of the list, and which have
districts at the bottom
▪ Know the precise ratio for any district
▪ Pick out any district in rank order (e.g., the 12
th
or the 28
th
)
This view is a very versatile and useful way to communicate the ratio of recycle to refuse.
But it doesn't tell us which community districts produced more trash overall
per person
. For
