In 2002 the .us TLD started allowing others to register second-level domains as they wish, and those types of registrations became the majority that same year.

In 2002 the .us TLD started allowing others to register second-level domains as they wish, and those types of registrations became the majority that same year. Locality namespacing in .us is mostly a historical thing now. Some still exist, and their management is delegated to other managers other than GoDaddy.