@GVOldTimer said:

I disagree that you're being empirical...

The you're empirically wrong. I wasn't arguing that anything should or shouldn't happen - other than that claims about reality, be based on facts. There's no other normative idea implied or suggested the post.

nothing about the census divisions are empirical outside of that you didn't create them. It's not a one-to-one comparison. The divisions are random based off the history of the region.

That's a misuse of many words, including "random" (instead of, for example, "arbitrary".) Yes, the Census regions are based on "historical accident". That doesn't make the data or analysis a normative exercise about what ought to be.

I get it that you're trying to prove that New England doesn't get enough shows for the people living there...

That's not true at all. I wasn't trying to "prove" anything. (I'd never use that word for anything I'd argue.) And I never suggested that New England should have more shows, either as a function of its population or for any other reason.

24% of 2014 shows (and about 1/8 of shows almost every year) were played in a region that people complain gets ignored. That's the story.