Welcome Area
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The Welcome Area (WA) is the name given to the starting point for all new residents coming into Second Life. Currently, the main WA is located in Ahern and Morris (and 2 other sims).
The original starting location for new residents was set in Natoma (aka Newbie Corral, around 11/21/02), then moved to Ritch (mid-January, 2003 map), and on 3/31/03 a new welcome area was created at the border of Ahern and Morris. Sometime around June 18th 2003 the Ritch welcome area was gone from the map.
Today, there are three welcome areas. The main welcome area is in Ahern/Morris, a backup in Lime/Plum, and the newest addition is located in the Waterhead region. The Lime/Plum and Waterhead welcome areas are rarely used except as a reserve for when large influx of residents come in, or when the Ahern/Morris regions are down.
On March 14, 2005 the Ahern/Morris welcome area was ceremoniously blown up by Ben Linden to clear the old welcome area for renovation.
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- Forum Link - Haney Linden announces Ahern/Morris as new Welcome Area.
- SLMaps.com Old Maps - helpful in showing Welcome Area locations (website by Bino Arbuckle)
- Historical Locations
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