145 people responded to the location poll so far, and of those about 100 were from the US. In comparison, 1090 people responded to “The” Survey this year, with about 520 of them being actual posters on LW (having karma).
Unsurprisingly, the San Francisco area had by far the greatest number of respondents, at 11.
One big surprise for me was Cincinnati, which had 4 respondents. I highly encourage a Cincinnatian to have a meet-up.
Cities with 3 respondents include: San Diego, Salt Lake City, Denver, Chicago, Detroit / Ann Arbor, and Washington DC.
The north Eastern seaboard has a pretty concentrated stripe of responders from Washington to Boston.
I feel sorry for the most isolated responder in Kalispell, MT, who lives 8 hours and 41 minutes from their closest LW neighbor.
New York surprised me by only having 2 respondents. I think the most likely theory is that people from already active LW areas such as NYC, or other areas that already have meetups, are less likely to fill out the survey. People who were looking for meetups, or to find others nearby, were more likely to fill it out.
In other words, people from places like NYC don’t NEED to fill out the survey in order to find others nearby, whereas people from Nowheresville do.
SOME RANDOM CONCLUSIONS
145 people responded to the location poll so far, and of those about 100 were from the US. In comparison, 1090 people responded to “The” Survey this year, with about 520 of them being actual posters on LW (having karma).
Unsurprisingly, the San Francisco area had by far the greatest number of respondents, at 11.
One big surprise for me was Cincinnati, which had 4 respondents. I highly encourage a Cincinnatian to have a meet-up.
Cities with 3 respondents include: San Diego, Salt Lake City, Denver, Chicago, Detroit / Ann Arbor, and Washington DC.
The north Eastern seaboard has a pretty concentrated stripe of responders from Washington to Boston.
I feel sorry for the most isolated responder in Kalispell, MT, who lives 8 hours and 41 minutes from their closest LW neighbor.
New York surprised me by only having 2 respondents. I think the most likely theory is that people from already active LW areas such as NYC, or other areas that already have meetups, are less likely to fill out the survey. People who were looking for meetups, or to find others nearby, were more likely to fill it out.
In other words, people from places like NYC don’t NEED to fill out the survey in order to find others nearby, whereas people from Nowheresville do.