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The things are everywhere around Seattle, so many that I've quit waving. There are four in the parking lot at work, including mine, and our company has less than 100 people.

Visiting my parents in Lakeland, FL for a week? I saw one parked in a guy's garage in their neighborhood, that's it. I'll see a half dozen Leaf's just on an eight mile drive to work on any given day. So it seems it could be geographically specific.

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I've noticed the high Leaf density in Seattle as well. Perhaps we received more because we are closer to Asia.

Seattle was one of the few pre-order markets (CA, Phoenix, and Knoxville, TN being the others, IIRC). So they had a bit of a head start. That may lead to a snowball effect. You're less likely to risk it if you don't know anyone who has one. But if your buddy the early adopter raves about his, you might be more likely to buy. For the first year I had ours (the first year they were out), I was frequently stopped in parking lots for 5-10 minute conversations about my experience with it (friends hated driving around with me <g>). But now that they're everywhere in Seattle, I'll bet it's been at least a year since someone has talked to me in a parking lot. My guess is that folks have gathered all of the information they need to decide one way or the other and no longer feel the need to solicit strangers for input. :-)

Nashville, TN. Nissan's North American HQ is here, so they are all over the place.

I guess since TN is a stone's throw away from NC, it stands to reason that the Triangle (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) sees its fair share of Leafs on the road as well (as I sit smiling and equally as smug behind the wheel of my Prius).

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