Then again you're only looking at it from your prospective. Maybe people are more private in their nature, and its none of anyones business where they're from. No, I disagree w/ you it should not be a requirement. It fulfills your desire to know what part of the country that person is @/from.....but nothing else. A face to face conversation would likely flesh out that question and let you know when you've overstepped your boundaries, being online does not afford those opprotunities. It used to be you didn't ask where a person was from,.....not so anymore. But there are still ppl like that out there and I personally respect that.