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How does the size of $\{x: f(x) \text{ is locally constant}\}$ relate to the the size of $\text{im}(f)$?

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I have been wondering (though I am not asking in this post) whether

a function $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ is locally constant almost everywhere $\iff$$\text{im}(f)$ is countable.

where by "locally constant at $x$" I mean that there is a neighborhood $N$ of $x$ so that $f$ is constant in $N$.

Because the discontinuitites of $f$ may be dense, I'm struggling to (dis)prove either direction, but I did get to ponder about the relation between the sets$$D := \{x: f\text{ is locally constant at }x\} \ \ \ \ \text{ and } \ \ \ \ \text{im}(f).$$Is the size of either $D$ or $\text{im}(f)$ bounded by the size of the other?


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