Confirmed New Districts for 2015?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

I don't think the other places, states (except maybe california?) Have a travel time of 7-8 hours from one end of the state to the other.

California's L.A. to Sacramento time is a good solid 6 hours, depending on how much traffic you hit going through the L.A. area. I've had that one several times. San Diego is another 2-3 hours south of L.A. For anybody north of Sacramento, toss in another couple hours--not that there are all that many teams up there.

For all practical purposes, 8-9 hours end-to-end, in good traffic. Hit downtown L.A. at rush hour, or central Orange County at about the same time, or worse, Valencia (northern L.A. county, but rather busy in terms of slow traffic) at a bad time, and you may as well stop and eat for an hour or more because you'll spend at least that long in the traffic. In other words, anywhere between 8 and 10 hours depending on how skilled you are at avoiding rush hour traffic.



Now, consider this: I've traveled bit around the Midwest, though more in the northern Plains region, and to/from there from California. To get from one major city to another major city is typically about a long day (10-12 hours total); from regional hub to regional hub tends to be about 4-6 hours (depending on size of regional hub--smaller tends to be closer, larger tends to be farther). Someone from the Northeast, where all the states are smaller (I believe that the entire New England area could fit into Texas with room to spare!) wouldn't necessarily find that part easy to grasp. So, for those of you thinking that the other states don't have an end-to-end drive that is that long, imagine going from New York City to somewhere in central Maine, by way of Boston (bonus points for going through in rush hour). That's probably pretty typical for an end-to-end west of the Mississippi.