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OK, done. Thanks. 3 people in Austin are now part of Texas. Hopefully not too many Texans in "other" are missing from "Texas".

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I think the next major adjustment would be to add Atlanta/Florida and DC/Baltimore/Philadelphia. There are already some "other east coast", but I think this will stay on the front page long enough to get many more votes than it has now, so the mixup will become smaller as votes come in.

Edit: I'd also make Michigan into "Michigan/Ohio/Pittsburgh", add "Mountain States (Arizona/Utah/Colorado/NM/ID)", and add Other Midwest, and Other South. Then I'd leave it alone. :)

OK I've added them, although they don't appear in order unfortunately so people might get confused. The other east coast is only about 10 at the moment.

This looks like it might have been flagged down so might need a new poll in the morning.

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Edit: OK did all of that. I think this won't make it to morning on the front page so perhaps someone else can submit a new poll based on this in the morning, maybe with some more options for SF and we can get a fuller picture.

Michigan/Ohio/Pittsburgh is a really weird grouping. 2 states from the midwest, and a city from Pennsylvania. I get that they're sort of geographically colocated, but there's no way Pittsburg will have more people represented on HN Indiana/Illinois/Kentucky.

Good point. I haven't been to The Great Lakes yet, so I'm not surprised my sense of the geography in that area is lacking. The closest I've been, outside of airports, is Minneapolis, St. Louis, Boston, and NYC.

Since I can't reply to your latest comment, replying here:

Nice work. Oh well, even if this poll is on its way off HN's front page, glad to help you learn the geography of the US. :)

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