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semper_shells
·Really cool idea! Looks like I'm the only WIS in Virginia so far - not exactly surprising. 🙄
What City Are You In?
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akshayluc420
·Dubai!
no one from India? 🙁
no one from India? 🙁
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trackpad
·I live walking distance to one member. And another member use to live in the same community.
@Taddyangle Super. But just to be clear,...no one (hopefully) is dropping pins on actual residential addresses.
I'm suggesting people drop the pin on that bar, restaurant or cafe in their city they most highly recommend - and/or their go-to choice of location for a group meetup or F2F buy/sell.
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Taddyangle
·I actually met the member at the last GTG in Orange county. As we where talking we figured out we lived walking distance from each other.
I was going to put my pin on the largest beach front home in San Diego. But figured I should use a very large park instead.
I was going to put my pin on the largest beach front home in San Diego. But figured I should use a very large park instead.
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neilfrancis
·The People's Republic of Brent. I like it as there are not too many tourists here.
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WatchVaultNYC
·I live walking distance to one member. And another member use to live in the same community.
I actually met the member at the last GTG in Orange county. As we where talking we figured out we lived walking distance from each other.
I was going to put my pin on the largest beach front home in San Diego. But figured I should use a very large park instead.
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wsfarrell
·La Selva Beach, California:
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Egatdagi
·Pin dropped.
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Jwit
·Bumping this because it's so cool and everyone should do it 😁
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trackpad
·@Jwit Great idea. Really appreciate the effort and it is shaping up to be a cool resource for the curious and/or traveling OF'ers. A few fun facts:
As of an hour or so ago, 126 pins have been dropped in 22 Countries. The map looks like this.
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BY COUNTRY *
1. US - 58
2. Canada - 18
3. UK - 12
4. Australia - 7
5. Germany - 6
6. Switzerland - 3
7. Indonesia - 2
8. Kuwait - 2
9. UAE - 2
10. Denmark - 1 †
11. Finland - 1
12. Greece - 1
13. Hong Kong - 1
14. Kenya - 1
15. Malawi - 1
16. Norway - 1
17. Qatar - 1
18. Romania - 1
19. Saudi Arabia - 1
20. Singapore - 1
21. Spain - 1
22. Thailand - 1
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BY STATE / REGION
California (‡) with 8 members is the most represented state or region in OF world.
Next is British Columbia with 6 members, and sharing 3rd place with 5 each is Alberta (‡) and Massachusetts.
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BY CITY
Canada is also well represented in the by city rankings with Calgary (‡) in the top spot at 5 members. Vancouver, Boston and New York City are not far behind with 4 a piece, while Chicago and San Diego can each claim 3.
Most other cities with more than one member could host their meetups on a two-man bicycle (§) ... Including Dubai, Kuwait City, Minneapolis...even Los Angeles.
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CONCLUSIONS
If you are reading this message and are regularly reading/participating in this forum, you are part of an outstanding and truly global community of watch nerds. I do not believe for a second that we have only one active member in London - and zero across all of Sweden, Russia, China - or the whole of South America (not including @UncleBuck here).
So it would be great to see some pins dropped. Making this sticky for a few weeks might help.
I probably won't include anonymous pins in the next breakdown which I'll do in a few weeks if the data changes significantly. If you dropped a pin as Anonymous and are ready to come out of the closet, DM me and I'll remove your old pin if for some reason you can't.
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* Not an Olympic Gold Medal count
† 2 if I were to count myself twice
‡ But with more than a few "anonymous" here, not quite sure if these can even be counted
§ Photos please
As of an hour or so ago, 126 pins have been dropped in 22 Countries. The map looks like this.
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BY COUNTRY *
1. US - 58
2. Canada - 18
3. UK - 12
4. Australia - 7
5. Germany - 6
6. Switzerland - 3
7. Indonesia - 2
8. Kuwait - 2
9. UAE - 2
10. Denmark - 1 †
11. Finland - 1
12. Greece - 1
13. Hong Kong - 1
14. Kenya - 1
15. Malawi - 1
16. Norway - 1
17. Qatar - 1
18. Romania - 1
19. Saudi Arabia - 1
20. Singapore - 1
21. Spain - 1
22. Thailand - 1
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BY STATE / REGION
California (‡) with 8 members is the most represented state or region in OF world.
Next is British Columbia with 6 members, and sharing 3rd place with 5 each is Alberta (‡) and Massachusetts.
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BY CITY
Canada is also well represented in the by city rankings with Calgary (‡) in the top spot at 5 members. Vancouver, Boston and New York City are not far behind with 4 a piece, while Chicago and San Diego can each claim 3.
Most other cities with more than one member could host their meetups on a two-man bicycle (§) ... Including Dubai, Kuwait City, Minneapolis...even Los Angeles.
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CONCLUSIONS
If you are reading this message and are regularly reading/participating in this forum, you are part of an outstanding and truly global community of watch nerds. I do not believe for a second that we have only one active member in London - and zero across all of Sweden, Russia, China - or the whole of South America (not including @UncleBuck here).
So it would be great to see some pins dropped. Making this sticky for a few weeks might help.
I probably won't include anonymous pins in the next breakdown which I'll do in a few weeks if the data changes significantly. If you dropped a pin as Anonymous and are ready to come out of the closet, DM me and I'll remove your old pin if for some reason you can't.
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* Not an Olympic Gold Medal count
† 2 if I were to count myself twice
‡ But with more than a few "anonymous" here, not quite sure if these can even be counted
§ Photos please
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Jonatan
·Weird I only see 3 in BC and 10 in Canada. Wonder why that is?
@Jwit Great idea. Really appreciate the effort and it is shaping up to be a cool resource for the curious and/or traveling OF'ers. A few fun facts:
As of an hour or so ago, 126 pins have been dropped in 22 Countries. The map looks like this.
Members By Country *
1. US - 58
2. Canada - 18
3. UK - 12
4. Australia - 7
5. Germany - 6
6. Switzerland - 3
7. Indonesia - 2
8. Kuwait - 2
9. UAE - 2
10. Denmark - 1 †
11. Finland - 1
12. Greece - 1
13. Hong Kong - 1
14. Kenya - 1
15. Malawi - 1
16. Norway - 1
17. Qatar - 1
18. Romania - 1
19. Saudi Arabia - 1
20. Singapore - 1
21. Spain - 1
22. Thailand - 1
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California with 8 members is the most represented state or region in OF world (‡).
Next is British Columbia with 6 members, and sharing 3rd place with 5 each is Alberta and Massachusetts.
Canada is also well represented in the by city rankings with Vancouver and Calgary at a healthy 5 members each. Back to the U.S., Boston and New York City are not far behind with 4 a piece, while Chicago and San Diego can each claim 3.
Most other cities with more than one member could their host meetups on a two-man bicycle (§) ... Including Dubai, Kuwait City
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Rodmar
·Isn't there a guy living in the Atlantic Ocean? Why not represent him??
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·Isn't there a guy living in the Atlantic Ocean? Why not represent him??
@Rodmar I just assumed you were constantly drifting in and out of international waters. But if you're tied to a buoy in territorial waters we can work with this.
But if this is the case, maybe you don't actually know where you are. 🤔 Does a boat pull up alongside you once a year to collect taxes? Next time, try and read the side of it for flags or other markings. Get back to me.
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·Weird I only see 3 in BC and 10 in Canada. Wonder why that is?
Vancouver is home to 4 members, @cvrle1 @grizzlycanuck @Jammer005 and yourself. Two members have pins in the same exact spot, so to the casual eye it looks like only 3.
In the first tally I accidentally included Surrey as a part of Vancouver, bringing the total to 5 members...which is not the case. This distinction now belongs to Calgary (?) ...but with 3 Anonymous entries, seems highly dubious. This could be Calgary's La La Land Best Picture moment.
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styggpyggeno1
·Pin added but it just says "Sweden" as this place does not have a name:
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Rodmar
·@Rodmar I just assumed you were constantly drifting in and out of international waters. But if you're tied to a buoy in territorial waters we can work with this.
But if this is the case, maybe you don't actually know where you are. 🤔 Does a boat pull up alongside you once a year to collect taxes? Next time, try and read the side of it for flags or other markings. Get back to me.
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Velorum
·Just added mine to the already crowded UK part of the map!
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·Pin added but it just says "Sweden" as this place does not have a name:
@styggpyggeno1 And I would believe you, if I didn't know Scandinavians to be far too organized to leave any place without a name. And this goes especially for Swedes.
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Canuck
·With 5 OF members in Calgary, who knew? Almost enough for a GTG (I believe they call it). PM me and we'll see what we can set up.
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