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FIRST Regional Directors don't think to themselves "How can I make two nearby Regionals on the same weekend to make teams in that area upset they can't attend both events." Event locations aren't available at FIRST's whims. Sometimes locations, for whatever reason, are only available one weekend of the competition period. Don't think they're out to get you. No offense, but I don't see why you're so upset that you won't be going to New Jersey [~280 miles away from Bridgewater] when there are 3 Regionals closer to you on different weekends [Hartford (~115 miles away from Bridgewater), New York City (~215 miles away from Bridgewater), and Long Island (~240 miles away from Bridgewater)].
You're lucky you have 5 Regionals less than 300 miles from your location. My team is lucky enough to have a regional in our hometown, and we're also lucky to have a 2nd year event in Sacramento, CA [~115 miles from San Jose], but if we wanted to go to another event [or if one of those events fills up before we can register] we'd be stuck going to either Los Angeles [~350 miles from San Jose], Pacific Northwest [~675 miles from San Jose], Phoenix [~715 miles from San Jose], or the first year Denver Regional [~1,300 miles from San Jose]. We're lucky compared to the Hawiians, Alaskans, Montanans, Brazilians, British, Germans, etc.
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