Geographic Forum Section Rework...

Washington has a separate place where we have most of our discussions, this is why the WA section is hardly ever used.

A Pacific Northwest section, as mentioned earlier, could be a good addition. However, I would include WA, OR, and nearby Canadian areas, such as Vancouver and Victoria Island.

There is a buy/sale thread on Pinside for The Pacific Northwest. It is a bit too big in my opinion but it currently includes all areas I mentioned above and California as far south as San Francisco.
 
I totally agree with what everyone is saying about which areas to add & not add with Texas. OK and LA would be ok (maybe) but certainly nothing else. Being in Houston I wouldn't consider OK all that close but western parts of LA would be. Anything outside those areas would be too far in nearly all cases. Anything I was interested in that I'd be willing to drive that far for I would be checking in the open forum.
 
It makes a lot of sense to combine Ohio with other states. The problem was the timing just didn't work out for the Ohio page here. I know a lot of people were hoping for an Ohio section here as I was one of them, but while we were waiting, a new Ohio collectors page was started on Facebook and it took off very quickly. By the time the page was created here everyone was on the Facebook page. I'm not saying anyone is to blame or trying to put anyone down, I'm just saying how I saw it happen and just wanted to give an honest opinion.
 
Ok, I know Texas is big, but in 30ish hours you can drive from the east coast to the Rockies.

North to South
13hrs 8min

East to West
11hrs 34min

I drove from Orange County in Southern California to Dallas in about 21 hours including stops. I just assumed the 30 hours was an exaggeration to make the point that this is Texas and everything is bigger including the driving times.

That and they are old men that have to stop a bunch. :)

But seriously, I'm not driving to El Paso for a game. Also, they probably meant round trip since you need to get home.
 
You could probably get away with combining East PA, NJ, and NY, although the most northern point of NY/Canada is really far out there.
 
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New England is long overdue.

Texas should be broken up in to smaller areas, not lumped in to a larger one!
 
Ok, I know Texas is big, but in 30ish hours you can drive from the east coast to the Rockies.

North to South
13hrs 8min

East to West
11hrs 34min

While I agree that a statement of 30 hours has given in to hyperbole, you must factor in the return trip. I live outside San Antonio. Below are the list of drives, including return trip, that I would face on pickups:

El Paso = 16 hours
Lubbock = 12 hours
Amarillo = 16 hours
Dallas = 8 hours
Oklahoma City = 13 hours (for the sake of including Oklahoma in the Texas group)
Shreveport = 12 hours
New Orleans = 16 hours

By comparison:

Phoenix = 28 hours
Albuquerque = 22 hours
Tuscon = 25 hours

I have operated message board before. I know that it can be difficult to maintain so many small areas. But that said, I would argue that the vast majority of members in Texas are not going to drive to El Paso for a pickup, and by extension, are even more unlikely to drive to Tuscon of Phoenix. I would assume the same is true for the members from Tuscon and Phoenix and their likelihood to drive to Texas for same.

All this would accomplish is to disenfranchise the AR and NM members because the posts that apply to them would be lost in a sea of otherwise Texas specific posts. I'm unlikely to travel further than Austin, Houston, and maybe Waco, for a pickup, unless I'm going to Dallas to see my parents anyway.

I can see my way to including Oklahoma based on its proximity to the DFW area, but beyond that, it seems valueless.

-Kordova, J.D., Esq.
 
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you people and your wonky Texan logistics.

Minds well annex your state from the USA and call yourselves "The United State of Texas" and be done with it.

Texas is Texas. I don't give a shit if you have to drive 40 hours to get from one side to the other. Geez!
 
you people and your wonky Texan logistics.

Minds well annex your state from the USA and call yourselves "The United State of Texas" and be done with it.

Texas is Texas. I don't give a shit if you have to drive 40 hours to get from one side to the other. Geez!

Damn Yankees! It is the Republic of Texas!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Texas

;)

Full disclosure, I'm not from Texas...
 
We've slowly added new geographic based forum sections over time upon request. Some of them are popular, some hardly used. I propose creating a significant rework of them to address unmet needs and to deal with some sections that are a little too quiet. If some new sections went unused, we could delete them in the future.


Mid Atlantic (Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, DC [We've had requests for this]

Thoughts? Lemme know... and Happy New Year.

Sounds like a plan!
 
My notes of some of the above comments...

WA -> WA & OR +1
Texas (don't combine AZ/NV) +3
Texas & Oklahoma Greg +3
AZ/NV/NM Greg
Canada +1
Combine Tennessee & Alabama +1
Western PA + Western NY +1
Texas-OK-LA +3
Ohio combine with other section +1
Michigan+Illinois+Indiana+ohio +1
Kentucky (combine w/ above) +1
East PA, NJ, and NY +1
New England +1
Mid-Atlantic (VA, Ma Del DC) +1
 
What was changed today:

Texas -> Texas & Oklahoma
Washington State -> Washington & Oregon
Arizona (new)
Canada Western (new)
Canada Eastern (new)
Ohio -> Indiana, Ohio & Michigan
Atlantic (DC, Delaware, Maryland & Virginia) (new)
 
Well, here in Portland, it seems half of the community lives on the Washington side of the river anyway. It also seems like there are a lot of pickups that run up and down I5, and we all go to the same shows and expos. Sounds like folding Oregon and Washington into a common Pacific Northwest forum makes a lot of sense from any angle.

Good idea!

Should probably roll Idaho into this as well...
 
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