I am one-quarter French, my second language is French and I was named after the traditional French Christmas carol "Un Flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle."

I therefore understand why you have that impression.

Jeanette Isabelle

Yep, but since DFW is not the only Metroplex, adding DFW is probably a good idea for an audience that extends outside DFW.

Notice that SOCAL is also on the wiki list as a Metroplex. Nobody I know refers to SOCAL as a Metroplex.

Contrarian opinion: Replies should be based on what you know best, typically the replier's locale not necessarily the question poster's locale. So, while I do not think it hurts for the questioner to post their location, I think it is much more important for those who reply to do so.

And why don't you just include your locale in your profile?

"I do not think it hurts for the questioner to post their location, I think it is much more important for those who reply to do so."

It seems to me that people could give better advice if they know the likely conditions. A major earthquake in winter in Missouri would have a whole host of additional problems from a major earthquake in SoCal in winter. A lot of good information could be tilted toward existing conditions, and other info would be useless.

Sue

As those in the French community in Texas say, "Bonjour y'all!"

Jeanette Isabelle

Make that two and I'm a Canadian living in the Caribbean! ;-)

Rest assured that everyone outside of Texas has no idea what "the metroplex" means. I've never heard that term until now.

That also goes for people that live in the "Bay Area". That term always amuses me. I have to ask, "What, Hudson Bay, Chesapeake Bay, Tampa Bay, Bay of Fundy, which is it?" Like there's only one Bay in the entire world....

Sorry, I'll step down off my soapbox now...

where's your soapbox located at....;^)

I’ve always tried to avoid ambiguity where I can, so that is why my profile has always specified, “Dallas, Pennsylvania, United States.” (“Always” being at least since I moved to this location. ) I just wish people would actually pay more attention to the fact that is says, “Dallas, Pennsylvania,” not, “Dallas, Texas.” Oh, well.

I don't know what is so amusing. While there is more than one metroplex, there is one place known as The Metroplex for the term was coined for this area; only a few million people know this.

I don't know the history to know why the Bay Area is specific to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Jeanette Isabelle