Also, can't two different study methodologies (both reasonable in their own right) just produce different results? Below the author of the Berkley study critiques the UW methodology. Though I'm sure both could agree to disagree.
http://irle.berkeley.edu/files/2017/Reich-letter-to-Robert-Feldstein.pdf
I think I once remember reading a quote that was something like "You can get an economist to find any conclusion you like". I'm sure there are so many conservative groups out there that could sponsor a study that shows Seattle is doomed.
University academic studies produce conflicting results all the time. It's kind of hard to make clear cut determinations of which one is "right" and which is "wrong".
We cant let meaningless things like facts disrupt progress.
