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		psadauskas on Jan 27, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Poll: Where do you work (geographically)? "metres"? Seems like an odd measure from the distance from a city. Perhaps km or miles? Also, I suppose Denver falls under "Other US"? Seems like several disparate geographic areas are getting lumped together. Additionally, I think that "Great Lakes" is a subset of "Midwest" (Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, West Penn) and "New England" (East Penn, New York). I do understand wanting to separate out Chicago, though. Might I suggest "California, Northwest, Southwest, Central, Midwest, Southeast, Northeast"?

RiderOfGiraffes on Jan 27, 2011 [–]

Well, it says "100m"

rmc on Jan 27, 2011 | | [–]

Yep "100m" must mean metres. C'mon we're all engineers here, we know the metric system and SI. "mi" is mile.

wallflower on Jan 27, 2011 | | [–]

100m seems to be a good filter to toss out the many Silicon Valley people who work in the hope canyons of the suburban office parks

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