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From: fair@ucbvax.ARPA (Erik E. Fair)
Newsgroups: net.news.sa
Subject: Re: NY distribution created; be on the lookout
Message-ID: <10202@ucbvax.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 02:05:40 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 26 02:05:40 1985
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References: <395@phri.UUCP> <189@vilya.UUCP> <398@uwmcsd1.UUCP>
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In article <398@uwmcsd1.UUCP> jgd@uwmcsd1.UUCP (John G Dobnick) writes:
>In <189@vilya.UUCP>, Avi Malek @ ATT Bell Labs Parsippany, NJ writes:
> 	I propose that a 	NET.METAREA 
> 	be created which would include a fifty or sixty miles of the City.
>	[Referring to New York City.]
>
>"The City" is what San Francisco is called by its residents.
>"METAREA" could refer to *any* metropolitan area (Chicago, Los Angeles,
>San Francisco, New York, etc.).   I would suggest "nyc" or some variant
>with specific geographical binding.

Indeed it is what we call San Francisco, but our regional newsgroups
has always been called `ba.*' (as opposed to net.*)  for Bay Area. In
fact, it existed before there were netnews sites in San Francisco,
proper...

	Erik E. Fair	ucbvax!fair	fair@ucbarpa.BERKELEY.EDU