> > > Pittsburgh (MD,PA,WV) 1.16% 0.59%
> >
> > MARYLAND?!? Who draws these things
up? I
> > thought Maryland had, like, you know,
> > BALTIMORE. Or maybe even be included
in
> > WASHINGTON. But Pittsburgh?
> >
> > The Other "What's up wit *dat*?!?" Matthew
>
> Remember, this is a marketing region, and
so the lines were presumably drawn based
on common consumer practices, or at least
as common as one can keep them and still
have the marketing regions of usable size. It
may be that the consumer patterns of the
people of Baltimore closely match those of
people in Pittsburgh rather than those of
Philadelphia or Washington, DC.
>
> Another theory is that Baltimore has its own
marketing region but which is included in "All
Others" because the percentage of RinkWorks
hits from Baltimore isn't high enough. Just
because "MD" is in the Pittsburgh area doesn't
mean it's ALL of Maryland. It doesn't count for
all of Pennsylvania, for example --
Philadelphia has its own marketing region.
>
> Just some theories.

I suppose that makes sense. I'm just used to
the tri-state area being Western PA, WV, and
Eastern OH, with Pittsburgh being the main
metropolitan area. I've never heard of MD
being a part of it.

The Other "Thank GOD they didn't include us
with Cleveland...or wait...maybe they DID!!!
ACK!!!" Matthew