local focus

[rabar10]

Can the Sub forums have folders within them as well? Could have Regional/Midwest then an Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa all with separate folders.

I tend to agree with what doug has alluded to earlier -- we can start regional or local threads, and as activity grows new sub-forums can be made to accommodate that and threads moved there.

Otherwise, we could end up with several empty or nearly-empty forums, which just adds to the clutter...

[bonnie1194]

I agree with Doug, also. I put out a call for Sacramento folks (rather than being lumped in with SF) - and one reply, from a forum member who will be in the area on occasion once he receives his Model S. Doesn't make sense to have a Sac forum at this point in time.

If you started each name with the GMT time zone, it would be easier to keep sorted. Ignore daylight savings. -7 San Francisco Bay. -7 So Cal. etc.

[doug]

Well I had hoped that this could grow more organically. But it looks like I need to start with a basic regional frame work. Also I don't want our international members to feel crowded out.

Still working on it.

[bonnie1194]

I think it can grow more organically, just enforce a common naming convention (like the GMT offset), so people can quickly find possible matches and it's easy for you to keep it sorted in an order.

[JRod0802]

I don't know if this was intentional or not, but I just noticed that Florida is listed twice. It's listed as a state within the "Southeast" section and it's also listed as its own "Florida" section.

Perhaps it should be removed from the list of states for the Southeast section so that all Florida posts end up in the same place?

Edit: Now that I look at it, it would probably make sense to remove Florida from Southeast considering that California (which also has its own section) isn't listed within Southwest.

[joefee]

San Diego,CA group would be good!

[doug]

I don't know if this was intentional or not, but I just noticed that Florida is listed twice. It's listed as a state within the "Southeast" section and it's also listed as its own "Florida" section.

Perhaps it should be removed from the list of states for the Southeast section so that all Florida posts end up in the same place?

Edit: Now that I look at it, it would probably make sense to remove Florida from Southeast considering that California (which also has its own section) isn't listed within Southwest.

Thanks for pointing that out. Now fixed. Was left over from this discussion: Change Florida forum name?

[MarkR]

I've formed an Arizona Tesla Group. If interested, please go to "Community" and then "Groups" to sign up.

Come to think of it, it might be a good idea for each community to form a Group to advocate for common interests like charging stations, EV incentives, solar options, etc. Thanks.

[MarkR]

It might make sense to try to promote Tesla member communication within the metropolitan areas that are most apt to have the population density to allow a group to exist. Maybe with Threads for each area or maybe with Groups. I have to think that the needs of Tesla owners in my community will be different than those in Maine so it just makes sense to band together.

Rank	Metropolitan Statistical Area	2011 Estimate	2010 Census	Change	Combined Statistical Area
1	New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island, NY–NJ–PA MSA	19,015,900	18,897,109	+0.63%	New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY–NJ–CT–PA CSA
2	Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana, CA MSA	12,944,801	12,828,837	+0.90%	Los Angeles–Long Beach–Riverside, CA CSA
3	Chicago–Joliet–Naperville, IL–IN–WI MSA	9,504,753	9,461,105	+0.46%	Chicago–Naperville–Michigan City, IL–IN–WI CSA
4	Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington, TX MSA	6,526,548	6,371,773	+2.43%	Dallas–Fort Worth, TX CSA
5	Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown, TX MSA	6,086,538	5,946,800	+2.35%	Houston–Baytown–Huntsville, TX CSA
6	Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington, PA–NJ–DE–MD MSA	5,992,414	5,965,343	+0.45%	Philadelphia–Camden–Vineland, PA–NJ–DE–MD CSA
7	Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV MSA	5,703,948	5,582,170	+2.18%	Washington–Baltimore–Northern Virginia, DC–MD–VA–WV CSA
8	Miami–Fort Lauderdale–Pompano Beach, FL MSA	5,670,125	5,564,635	+1.90%	primary census statistical area
9	Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Marietta, GA MSA	5,359,205	5,268,860	+1.71%	Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Gainesville, GA–AL CSA
10	Boston–Cambridge–Quincy, MA–NH MSA	4,591,112	4,552,402	+0.85%	Boston–Worcester–Manchester, MA–RI–NH CSA
11	San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont, CA MSA	4,391,037	4,335,391	+1.28%	San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, CA CSA
12	Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario, CA MSA	4,304,997	4,224,851	+1.90%	Los Angeles–Long Beach–Riverside, CA CSA
13	Detroit–Warren–Livonia, MI MSA	4,285,832	4,296,250	−0.24%	Detroit–Warren–Flint, MI CSA
14	Phoenix–Mesa–Glendale, AZ MSA	4,262,236	4,192,887	+1.65%	primary census statistical area
15	Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, WA MSA	3,500,026	3,439,809	+1.75%	Seattle–Tacoma–Olympia, WA CSA
16	Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington, MN–WI MSA	3,318,486	3,279,833	+1.18%	Minneapolis–St. Paul–St. Cloud, MN–WI C

[clea]

column headers please