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As a Missourian, the percentage-pageview-change data looks odd, highlighting two cities, Joplin and St. Joseph. Both cities are small, between 50,000 and 75,00
by NortySpock 4y ago
As a Missourian, the percentage-pageview-change data looks odd, highlighting two cities, Joplin and St. Joseph.
Both cities are small, between 50,000 and 75,000 population (2020 census), and are about an hour's drive away from the nearest larger city (Joplin is near Springfield, St. Joseph is near Kansas City, and it would take 3 hours to drive from Kansas City to Springfield.)
In terms of Midwest tech hubs,the ones nearest to me are Kansas City, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri, and Omaha, Nebraska (3.5 hour drive from Kansas City).
If I were to guess, I would say you could cause this apparent shift in traffic simply by shifting a few corporate VPN exit points from several large companies in the region from St. Joseph, Missouri to Joplin, Missouri.
- corrral 4y agoI put the likelihood that the Joplin, MO / Pittsburg, KS area is becoming any kind of destination for remote tech workers at 0%. That one has to be a case of a very small number not needing to increase much to have a large percentage increase.
- ravedave5 4y agoSimilarly Mankato MN being on the list is wierd. Very small town, a college town actually. I would imagine 50% + of stackoverflow traffic to come from college kids.
- bitbang 4y agoCan't speak for St. Jo but Joplin and Pittsburgh are growing from proximity to the Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers metropolitan area just exploding in growth. The interstate was finished up that now puts them only an hour drive away, and they have been benefiting greatly from that.