bajajoaquin
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As a brand-spankin-new member, I've got no illusions that my opinions hold a lot of weight, but I found this thread because I wanted to make a suggestion about regional forums. Apart from liking the idea generally, I've got two thoughts on it:
1. There was a valid concern about "polarizing" the forum with local biases. I have been a regular member of the Sport Touring forum http://www.sport-touring.net/forums/index.php? which has a general forum, manufacturer-specific forums, and regional forums. It seems to have worked out very well, with the manufacturer forums being analagous to the vehichle-type forums here.
2. In the different maps of proposed regions, there are two versions of the south-western part of the US. To me, it makes more sense to put California in with AZ, like in the poll, because the Pacific coast is darn long. There's little regional similarity with the PNW which is more than 900 miles away from me! However, I can get to AZ stuff in a few hours.
My local bias, of course.
Keep up the good work. It's a fascinating site!
1. There was a valid concern about "polarizing" the forum with local biases. I have been a regular member of the Sport Touring forum http://www.sport-touring.net/forums/index.php? which has a general forum, manufacturer-specific forums, and regional forums. It seems to have worked out very well, with the manufacturer forums being analagous to the vehichle-type forums here.
2. In the different maps of proposed regions, there are two versions of the south-western part of the US. To me, it makes more sense to put California in with AZ, like in the poll, because the Pacific coast is darn long. There's little regional similarity with the PNW which is more than 900 miles away from me! However, I can get to AZ stuff in a few hours.
My local bias, of course.
Keep up the good work. It's a fascinating site!
