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Originally Posted by Kims Robot
For Reference the WPI event is 46 miles from Northeastern. Nashua is 48 miles, and Bryant (RI) is 52mi. WPI to Hartford is 64mi. WPI to Southington is 82mi. You can see that "being forced out of state" is really not a significant difference in travel.
Plus with the number of MA teams that traveled to other events like BAE or Pine Tree or CT, I don't think having teams that want to go out of state for events will be that much of an issue.
And the other thing you need to take into account when you look at where the events are is potential host locations, and potential committees. Trust me, most teams would rather have a well run district event in a good venue that might take an extra 30min to drive to than a really poorly run event in a bad venue that might be 30min closer. Plus with the District Championship in Boston, I would think MA teams could hardly complain... 
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I am really happy with the New England Districts. Like you said while the events are out of the state distance wise they aren't far. The central group of Boston teams have a nice spread to choose from to the north and south. Hopefully the western part of New Hampshire and Vermont can grow to sustain a Vermont/Lebanon NH district event down the road to give those guys a "home" event. But the list is a great start that works as a base for a strong system down the road.
Really, really excited for the UNH/Durham district event!
