State Splitting Discussion

dr1954 said:
I agree with Greg and Tom. Politically anything south of I80 is considered "Southern" Illinois. But for tag purposes I say we split the state closer to the middle of the state.

If you look at Ill route 136 it is just south of Bloomington and runs pretty much east and west. Looks like a good place to divide the state to me.
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I'd say I-74 as it's easier to recognize.

"Ride Illinois, 11 turns in 317 miles"

(also used for Florida and a couple other flat states. :D)
 
Coop said:
Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom.......Lubbock is closer to Arizona than it is to Texas.

Houston, Tx 519 miles
Tyler, Tx 450 miles
Brownsville, Tx 665 miles
Edgar, Az 489 miles
Denver, Co 540 miles
Wichita Ks 487 miles
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Coop youre really only 540 miles away?
 
George said:
Mark, using your logic, a congressman from NY shouldn't be able to dictate land use n Utah (re: current bill to designate more of UT as "wilderness"). D'oh! :doh1:
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Welll, by virtue of the fact that he's a congressman and all that... Aw hell... Who said there was logic involved anyway?

At any rate, here's how I'd split Virginia: CLICKY

--Mark
 
Awright - someone decide between Illinois 136 and I-74. I see the merits of both and don't think it matters a great deal either way.

Greg Kane
 
Hey who is this Patti F that updated the map that didn't get mentioned for helping ???
 
Seems to me if you split this too much some of these areas will not get moved just because of the split , in other words riders that play tag are not going to those areas much in the first place.
 
The whole idea of the Tag game is to encourage folks to get out and ride, hopefully to places they've never been. If a state is split into pieces, you're just limiting where folks have to go to get a tag. To the next county, the next city,,,,, defeating the purpose of the game. And yes, a tag may sit awhile. If that bothers somebody, then they should go get it! Don't split states up just so a tag isn't more than X miles away and turn it into a competition to see who got how many tags.
And face it, there just may not be enough ST riders out there to keep these tags moving as quickly as some would like. We are a very small number! That's just a fact.
 
scootac said:
The whole idea of the Tag game is to encourage folks to get out and ride, hopefully to places they've never been. If a state is split into pieces, you're just limiting where folks have to go to get a tag. To the next county, the next city,,,,, defeating the purpose of the game. And yes, a tag may sit awhile. If that bothers somebody, then they should go get it! Don't split states up just so a tag isn't more than X miles away and turn it into a competition to see who got how many tags.
And face it, there just may not be enough ST riders out there to keep these tags moving as quickly as some would like. We are a very small number! That's just a fact.
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I disagree with that a little.

If a state is split in two then there's twice the chance that someone will get out and tag and there are twice as many tags going on at the same time... in Texas, you can go get the North and South tags at the same time with the current locations and that may encourage more people to ride.
 
Mellow said:
in Texas, you can go get the North and South tags at the same time with the current locations and that may encourage more people to ride.
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So how come George, Fred D., and I have moved the TX tags for most of this year???!!! What happened to the Texans???
 
motomac said:
So how come George, Fred D., and I have moved the TX tags for most of this year???!!! What happened to the Texans???
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Well, If I was retired I could probably do a lot more tagging but as it stands I can only tag if it's during a trip I have planned.

I don't put a lot of importance on tagging myself as I don't get many free weekends to just take off and tag. I have to save my time for trips that I feel are a better use of gas and tires.
 
Gotta admit I don't do many tag-only rides. Usually associated with a trip tho I will take a side trip and add some miles and time.

I have the time and interest to chase tags. Adding a day and a few hunnert miles is all part of the game for me. Mac and I are lucky to be able to do such.
 
Maybe we need a special division ? We could call it ' The Senior Tagging League !
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