This expansion forum is currently very useless and could be a very popular section of MLS boards if it was organized properly. If it is going to be left in shambles like it is, then I suggest it be removed entirely. P.S. Thanks for the info. The people that run the site may need to loosen their control and let the mods who are in here daily make some more decisions.
I have made the following suggestion "Candidate Cities" Carolinas Detroit Las Vegas Phoenix Sacramento San Diego St Louis Tampa "Cities Confirmed For Expansion" Miami Nashville Austin
I think any cities that put an official bid in for the last round should probably be included in candidate cities. Even though it is unlikely, San Antonio submitted an official bid. 2 of the 12 are officially in. 12 official bids were: Charlotte Nashville Indianapolis Detroit Phoenix St. Louis Raleigh/Durham San Antonio Sacramento Cincinnati Tampa Bay San Diego
I'd do away with any/all candidate city subforums unless it's a precursor to an MLS team forum (and several of those already exist in the USL forum), or there's an unusual amount of daily traffic. This isn't BigSoccer of 15 years ago. Most people have moved to Twitter or Reddit. Putting each individual topic in its own silo just makes the site even more sparse and vacant. Let most of the candidates have a thread. If there's not enough news/traffic to keep the thread on the top page, there certainly isn't enough for a dedicated sub-forum. As for the "Carolinas" - both Raleigh and Charlotte have USL teams, and last I checked the traffic in those forums wasn't anything noteworthy, either.
Indianapolis deserves a nod. It's getting play again. A link to its forum in the USL section would be sufficient.