I imagine as Nancy has stated, that they've had a much larger turn out here on the East coast and this is most likely one of the reasons why they are choosing to hold the fest here. I wonder though why this is so? Is it because more DS fans live over here on the East coast rather than the West? I've never been to a fest on the west coast but have heard from others that the gathering is no where nearly as large as here on the east.
I would guess that there are a lot more people with easy (and affordable) access to an East coast (NY tri-state area) Fest, as opposed to an L.A. area Fest where the population is less concentrated and anyone out of immediate area would have to spend an arm and a leg to get there.
I wonder if the Anaheim and Vegas Fests were more heavily attended than other west coast Fests because of their closeness to DisneyLand and lure of of Vegas itself?
I am hoping that with the Fest taking on "smaller" events that we will get one in San Francisco sometime. I think a lot of people would attend because of the appeal of the city as a hot tourist destination. That would be nice.
I think shorter events in places people want to visit would be a good way to go.
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