@GVOldTimer said:

Nice enough but to compare "Pacific" to "New England" is not valid. You would have had to divide up the Pacific NW to equal NE and NorCal to equal Mid-Altantic and Southwest to equal to Southeast.

Calling WA, OR and CA the same then dividing up the east coast is totally lost on me and is totally bias for this discussion.

Exactly. The word "proximity" comes to mind for me and it doesn't seem to be addressed much in your write-up. Classifying shows into geographic regions makes some sense, but not how this is presented. It is so much easier to travel (in terms of mileage and time), especially by car, to the "normal" tour stops on the East coast/NE/mid-Atlantic than on the West Coast. West Coast shows are extremely spread out and require many more financial, vacation/time-off-work, and overall planning to attend. A Gorge, Tahoe/Shoreline, BGCA/Greek, LA stretch (which is really all we get these days... IF we're lucky) most definitely does not equal a SPAC/Nikon, DCU/Phili, Merriweather, Camden stretch (which, in any sort of combination, happens quite frequently).

In any case, I appreciate the effort you put into this and they are interesting statistics, even if slightly out of context.