Andrew, well said. Joel, ... [see my comments below, interspersed within Andrew's]
From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <and...@pitonyak.org> Date: Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 4:15 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: North America Touching Basis To: users@global.libreoffice.org On 01/29/2014 04:35 PM, Joel Madero wrote: On 01/29/2014 11:38 AM, anne-ology wrote: > >> Pacific coast then Atlantic coast then Pacific coast - >> yet there's a couple thousand miles in between; >> seems to me, if you really wanted our participation - and help, >> financial & otherwise - you'd meet somewhere in between ... ... ... ;-) >> > > Well the reality is the population density is on the coasts (for the > most part) so events happen on the coasts. > > Best, > Joel > > But the Largest US Cities are generally not on the coast (which does not make your statement wrong). 1. New York City [is on the verge of bankruptcy; prices are sky-high] 2. Los Angeles [is on the verge of bankruptcy; prices are sky-high - crime is rampant] 3. Chicago [crime is rampant] 4 Houston [this area is continually growing; now population exceeds other areas] 5 Philadelphia [or Pittsburgh, or Indianapolis, Indiana, or Columbus, Ohio, or Nashville, Tennessee, or St. Louis, Missouri, or the Gulf of Mexico coastline - Texas to Florida would be good choices - have institutions of learning nearby, scenic areas for tours, good, wholesome food reasonably priced, good,quality lodging reasonably priced, easy access to airports & public transportation systems] 6, Phoenix [somewhat similar to #5 above yet climate better but more elderly citizenry] 7. San Antonio [somewhat similar to Houston & Phoenix] In fact, if I list the top 20, there is a very small number on the coast. There is a large "tech" population in California, I will give you that much. [ditto in those I've listed in #5 - in fact, south Mississippi has more technological training than nearly anywhere.] If you want to hit the largest population (east coast) with the smallest average travel distance, you pick the middle of Ohio (Columbus, Ohio). I think that what you really want is: 1. Easy / cheap air fare to the location [then you don't want to go to the coastal areas when the mid-section rates are far more economical] 2. Affordable lodging and food [then you don't want to go to the coastal areas when the mid-section rates are far more economical with better quality] What I have not bothered to figure out if (1) means you want to choose an airline's hub city, which increases the odds that you will have a direct flight, or, if you want a city that is not a hub since the airline often charges more for direct flights. I remember considering leaving from Detroit Michigan to fly to Florida, but, it was cheaper for me to use a connector into Detroit before getting on that same flight to Florida. -- Andrew Pitonyak My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted