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Originally Posted by Hallry
It's interesting to me that MAR seems to have a much higher percentage of teams registered for outside regionals than the other four district systems (possibly even combined?).
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I would hazard a guess that it's due to the proximity of outside regionals to MAR and MAR teams vs. everywhere else.
PNW: Nearest regional event for PNW teams would be Utah, SVR, or Sacramento, all a full day's driving for the nearest PNW teams.
MI: Sure, you've got MN (Duluth x 2), Toronto (x 2), North Bay, Milwaukee, Midwest, and Queen City within a "reasonable" drive, depending where you are in the state. But those are all a bit of a drive, particularly westbound (MN, WI, Midwest), or across the border (the three Canadian events). Indiana has district events, if you can get in.
NE: You've got NYC, Long Island, and Tech Valley as possibilities, maybe Finger Lakes if you want to push it a bit. All are rather crowded events. Montreal is cross-border; anything beyond NY is getting into MAR territory and thus dependent on the goodwill of the good folks in MAR and their open spots.
IN: Could probably make Midwest or Queen City in about a day, not so sure about anything beyond that.
MAR: You only have NYC, Long Island, Tech Valley (north part of the area), Pittsburgh, DC, Virginia, and Chesapeake within a nice easy drive.
tl;dr: MAR just has more regionals handy. MI has IN districts (and vice versa) or crossing the border; NE has to contend with NY teams at their nearest events; PNW doesn't have much of anything anywhere near their boundaries.
Hey, Mark: Is anybody taking the plunge for the title of "First Cross-District Play" yet?