To answer a few questions:
* I am living in Florida.
* Yes, replying to this (or any) blog of mine is a perfect way to get your home counted.
* No, just the country if you are not in the USA, the state if you ARE in the USA is all that is needed.
* If you just reply USA with no state, I will use a random number between 1 and 50 to assign you a state ;)
Speaking of states, this is the state of the survey...
We have replies from 362 readers residing in 42 countries!
The top five are:
1) USA..........200
2) Canada........32
3) England.......24
4) Australia.....21
5) New Zealand...13
For those Americans who are curious, we have heard from 43 states and the top five states are:
1) Texas........22
2) Florida......16
3) California...12
4a)Washington...10
4b)Virginia.....10
Funniest trends:
A) Almost all Texans replying "The Country of" or "The Republic of"
B) Most Californian replying either "Southern California" or "Northern California", but no "Central Californians" at all and only one who just said, "Cali"
C) EVERY reply from a Washington resident said some version of "Not that hellhole DC, the real Washington"
D) The reader who made sure to stress that she or he was from NOT AUSTRALIA (Austria)
One final note, thank you to everyone who included notes with their responses. I can't respond individually to every person, but I DO read them and they are appreciated!