[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42787: Location Search not working for same name cities in different states (Events & News dashboard widget)

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#42787: Location Search not working for same name cities in different states
(Events & News dashboard widget)
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 Reporter:  shedonist       |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  administration  |
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 The Events & News widget in the admin dashboard only accepts a city name
 and ignores when you add a state. This means it picks a state for you and
 it may not be the state you want. This makes it extremely difficult to
 locate meetups in cities where different cities with the same name both
 have meetups.

 For example, I run a meetup in Portsmouth, NH. When I search for
 "Portsmouth, NH" or "Portsmouth" the widget is showing results near
 Portsmouth, VA. When I search for "Boston", the Portsmouth, NH does show
 (so it is in there!). Similarly, if you search for "Portland, OR" or
 "Portland" you only see the meetups near Portland, ME (Portsmouth, NH and
 Westbrook, ME).

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