Also, I like knowing where the NATS are going to be each year.
I'd like the NATS to be 150 miles from my home too!!!! Heck, that's almost commuting distance !!
No matter where it is, somebody is going to be unhappy. I've been to Muncie a few times overs the years and it is just such a haul from SOCAL (2,100 miles) that I do not even consider the NATS (pattern, IMAC or soaring).