When that front page starts bouncing down within a day or two then I think it's time to have a discussion about breaking it up.
I completely agree.
Look at the activity of the Texas and SoCal regional forums if you wonder why they've got their own real estate when other locales don't.
I mean look at poor Hawaii. Stuck with the rainy PNW.
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