Research & Methodology

County sentiment is context. A site is a decision.

Broad county sentiment is useful background context. It does not identify which nearby receptors, response-capacity constraints, municipal actors, hearings, protest events, or local tripwires can change the approval path for a particular coordinate.

The validation boundary

The Retro-Score study is a documented evidence example, not a comparative model claim. Stronger cross-model criticism requires a prospective, independently documented head-to-head validation study.