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Today we added the ability to make an IRL event regional so that IRL alerts for the event go out to a wider audience. And now in addition to letting us know what distance you consider nearby, you can let us know what distance you consider regional. [more inside]
posted by pb on Jan 15, 2016 - 95 comments

At a recent MeFi regional campout, there was some discussion about the need for the ability to post campouts that can somehow be regional. As in, it would have been helpful for this campout to be announced to IRL-interested folks who live in Portland, Seattle, and areas of eastern WA and OR, people who might not have their IRL radius set very wide because they mostly want to do local meets, but a big annual thing like this might be of interest even if it involves travel. [more inside]
posted by hippybear on Oct 16, 2015 - 53 comments

This comment got me thinking about regional slang and different dialects of English on MetaFilter. [more inside]
posted by MattMangels on Jul 3, 2012 - 370 comments

Pony Request. Would it be possible to have a 'local' tab similar to 'My Ask' that displayed questions from users nearby? [more inside]
posted by bystander on Sep 27, 2011 - 29 comments