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This Has Got To Be An Arbitrary Number, Right?

By Prince Of Petworth
Published November 13, 2008 at 4:00PM | Updated November 14, 2024 at 5:45PM

I’ve always wondered how they come up with these maximum occupancy numbers. This is from the Starbucks on Georgia Ave. by Howard University. So why do they say 199 instead of 200? Or 198 for that matter?


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