I can speak for myself and tell you that the reason I don't follow them from city to city is that I live in the Southeast where the states are quite large and major cities are far apart--and the band doesn't even play in a lot of the Southeastern states. They haven't played in Mississippi, Alabama, or Louisianna since 1989. They haven't played in Arkansas since 1993. They did play Nashville this time, but that was the first show there since 1995. Some of our states are as big as or bigger than European countries. It just not a hop, skip, and a jump to get to another show. I mapped out the closest summer dates and they are:

Cincinatti: 670 miles away (one way)
Indianapolis: 710 miles
Tinley Park, IL: 750 miles
Columbus, OH: 791 miles
Bristow, VA: 938 miles

The only one that would be considered "Southern" is Virginia which is the furthest away of those dates!

I think it's pointless to compare who's the bigger fan too. But if you did want to get into a qualitative discussion--who's the "bigger fan": the person who travels 1200 miles through 4 states to get to ONE show, or the person who sees them 7 times in one tour but sleeps in their own bed after each show?

Becky