With so many people looking for each other, why are so many alone and waiting?
Let me start by apologising for not knowing much about the geography of America. My perception is that its big. Very big. With huge empty spaces of desert and rocks (like in western films) to navigate. So, getting from one state to another requires lots of petrol. I am also assuming that just because you are all in America together doesn't mean you can just pop over and see one another for a wonderful D/s party.
England, by contrast, is very small. We sometimes fall into the sea by accident just jostling past each other. The difficulty we have is that getting from one town to another is not so far in miles but requires driving through and around 8 million other towns and villages all packed tightly together. The sat nav route is like doing an etch-a-sketch drawing. We consider an hour's drive to be almost foreign travel. So, finding a local partner is also tricky here if they are not close enough to wave at through your bedroom window (which I tried by the way but people just gathered outside with torches and pitchforks).
For those of us who are only looking for IRL relationships, this is a real problem. The world is just too big for Dominants and submissives to easily find each other, which was clearly bad planning at the initial creation/fiery ball of rock stage. A little thinking ahead might have resulted in locating us all on one specific little island, with white beaches, warm weather and endless wine, to do what we do best - together.
I for one am going to write to my local planning office about this. If we all do the same, then maybe, just maybe...