Even though us-east-1 is the region geographically closest to me, I always choose another region as default due to us-east-1 (seemingly) being more prone to these outages.
Obviously, some services are only available in us-east-1, but many applications can gain some resiliency just by making a primary home in any other region.
Obviously, some services are only available in us-east-1, but many applications can gain some resiliency just by making a primary home in any other region.