On Lesswrong being a dispersed internet community:
If the ACX survey is informative here, discussing local policy works surprisingly well here! I’d say a significant chunk of people are in the Bay Area at large and Boston/NYC/DC area—it should be enough of a cluster to support discussions of local policy. And policies in California/DC has an oversized effect on things we care about as well.
I wondee whether more people from those areas take part in the survey. They can assume that there are many people from the same area and often same age and same jobs, which implies that they can be sure their entries will remain anonymous.
On Lesswrong being a dispersed internet community:
If the ACX survey is informative here, discussing local policy works surprisingly well here! I’d say a significant chunk of people are in the Bay Area at large and Boston/NYC/DC area—it should be enough of a cluster to support discussions of local policy. And policies in California/DC has an oversized effect on things we care about as well.
I agree that the places you mention have a sufficiently large local community. I am not aware of how much they have achieved politically.
Unfortunately, I live on the opposite side of the planet, with less than 10 rationalists in my entire country.
I wondee whether more people from those areas take part in the survey. They can assume that there are many people from the same area and often same age and same jobs, which implies that they can be sure their entries will remain anonymous.