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Originally Posted by rpaulsen
This is something that my team has been struggling with this issue for 2 years now. We are a 3rd year team out of New Rochelle (3 miles north of the Bronx), and have been trying to expand to more events than the NYC Regional. Long Island is by far the best option for us because Hofstra is 45 minutes away, as opposed to Troy which is 3.5hr with no traffic,
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Troy is just about 2.5 hours from New Rochelle, not 3.5. It's closer to you than any of the 2nd regionals teams in the Albany region attend.
Hotel costs in the Albany region are pretty ordinary. You can easily find a cheap place to stay by the airport, roughly 15 minutes from the venue.
Really I think the best solution to all of this is to eliminate district borders altogether with a unified point system nationwide. Attend whatever districts you want. Pick a Championship to attend (or have it assigned based on location, whatever). Top X point earning teams assigned to each Championshp compete at that event, and worlds qualification arises from there. But that's not going to happen for reasons I'm not clear on, so we have to work around the existing district boundaries.