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Member Ranking Iframe
Publish Date: January 19th, 2021
Uid Points Primary Listing Location Rank Additional Listings
10296 David Clumpner 980 Missoula 1 Washington, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Anchorage
16306 Jesse La Plante 956 Boulder 2 Costa Rica, Caribbean, Riviera Maya, Montana, Hawaii
18101 Kathleen Ricker 826 Washington DC 3 Maryland, Virginia, Utah, Arizona
34316 JD Land 804 Philadelphia 4 New Jersey, Wyoming
7216 Brett Butterstein 634 San Diego 5 Palm Springs, Orange County, Los Angeles
4731 Annie Bang 614 Los Angeles 6 San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, San Jose, Central Coast, Visalia
4310866 Nicky Byrnes 613 Lake Tahoe 7 Nevada, Michigan, Mexico, Canada, Norway
4318021 Stacy Gillespie 612 Colorado 8 Vail, Aspen, Breckenridge, Telluride
4299401 Nikhol Esteras 579 Oaxaca 9 Mexico City, San Miguel de Allende, Puerto Vallarta, California - Southern, New Orleans
4340838 Alex Gordeev 491 Boston 10 Newport, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New York - Upstate
34586 Alex Paul 488 Boston 11 Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
8361 Cindy Brown 444 Atlanta 12 Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee
4295791 Franck Petit 436 Lot-et-Garonne 13 Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Florida, New York City - Metro
30751 Lauren Lindley 433 Lake Tahoe 14 Nevada, Texas - Central
24846 Ray Iavasile 401 Detroit 15 Florida, Illinois, Caribbean, Dutch Caribbean, Campania
17871 Kenneth Clapp 400 Baltimore 16 Virginia, Georgia, Washington DC
4313096 Brittany Diliberto 378 Arlington 17 Alexandria
4303216 Logan Westom 368 Seattle 18 Oregon, Idaho, California - Northern, California - Southern, Mexico
18536 Ken Pak 368 Washington DC 19 Virginia, Maryland
4326416 Brenda Bergreen 358 Denver 20 Breckenridge, Vail, Aspen, Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park
4341614 Shea McGrath 357 Denver 21 Hawaii, Minneapolis, Omaha, California - Southern, Mexico
4322256 Ian Chin 356 San Francisco 22 Oakland
2753971 Danielle Gardner 346 Schenectady 23 Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island
7926 Ben Schaefer 323 Boston 24 New York City - Metro, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire
4320201 Justin Edmonds 323 Denver 25 Boulder, Illinois, New Mexico, Michigan, Utah
4334141 Tyler Vu 301 San Jose 26 San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Gatos, Napa, Los Angeles
30781 Michelle Arlotta 290 New Jersey 27 Pennsylvania, New York City - Metro, Atlantic City
4344312 Edward Ciesielski 278 Chicago 28 Brooklyn, Denver
4314256 Ilana Bar av 257 Madison 29
27486 Siliang Wang 256 San Jose 30 San Francisco, Fresno, Los Gatos
9611 Chris Shum 245 San Francisco 31 San Jose, Pleasanton, Los Angeles, British Columbia, Hong Kong
10141 Drew Bird 223 San Francisco 32 Oakland
4302881 Sarah V. Martinez 211 New Hampshire 33 Maine, Vermont, Ohio
4304901 Milan Lazic 201 Chicago 34
14996 Julie Ambos 201 Key West 35 Boca Raton, Tampa, Orlando, Miami
32596 Kevin Sawyer 200 Lake Tahoe 36 Carson City, Reno
27191 Stephanie Secrest 200 Santa Barbara 37 Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Monterey
4316516 Trent Gillespie 200 Colorado 38 Durango, Colorado Springs, Boulder
2977301 Shaun Baker 179 San Diego 39 California - Northern, Mexico, New York City - Metro, Washington DC
24161 Philip Thomas 167 San Antonio 40 Texas - Central, Houston, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth
29076 Victoria Sprung 167 Chicago 41
4302291 Meg Brock 145 Philadelphia 42 New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, New York City - Metro, New York - Upstate
4298601 Natasha Lamalle 145 Washington DC 43 Virginia, Maryland, Michigan, Texas - Northern, France
4298781 Katie Kaizer 145 Nantucket 44 Boston, Cape Cod, Newport
4327221 Adam Boole 135 Minneapolis 45 North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, Florida, Montana
19956 Laura Segall 134 Phoenix 46 Chandler
4300841 Michael Freas 134 Asheville 47 Washington DC, Virginia, Colorado, Charlotte, Key West
4313301 Johnny Shryock 134 Arlington 48 Washington DC, Maryland, Fredericksburg
32456 Kate Crabtree 133 Maine 49
4327216 Abby Paul 122 Fargo 50 Minnesota, South Dakota, Colorado, Florida, New York - Upstate
4340622 Aniket Sananse 122 Brampton 51 Vancouver, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, New York City - Metro, Washington
4344231 Sean Lara 112 Fort Collins 52 Estes Park, Denver, Aspen, Jackson Hole
4340873 Kimmi Cranes 112 Lake Tahoe 53 San Francisco, Sacramento, Reno, Napa, Los Angeles
4344392 Mike Kory 112 Boulder 54 Utah, New Mexico, Kenya
23231 Neil Thurston 111 Outer Banks 55 Virginia, South Carolina, Caribbean
4340709 Lucy Schultz 111 Denver 56 Boulder, Aspen, Estes Park, Honolulu, Kauai
4321326 Shannon Cain 100 San Antonio 57 Colorado, California - Southern, New Mexico, Minnesota, Florida
25121 Romulo Morishita 100 Madison 58 Green Bay, Milwaukee
4341130 Loren Haar 90 Los Angeles 59 Oregon, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Portugal
6226 Allison Williams 90 Chicago 60 Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, St. Louis
4781 Andrea Bibeault 90 Omaha 61 Iowa, Colorado, Rhode Island, Belize, Dominican Republic
26996 Simi Rabinowitz 89 Boston 62 Cape Cod, Portsmouth
4342557 Bonnie Sizer 67 Boulder 63 Estes Park, Denver, Fort Collins, Wyoming, Kenya
4318996 Joshua Grasso 67 Atlanta 64 Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina
10346 Dennis Crider 67 Cleveland 65 Toledo, Columbus, Cincinnati, Buffalo, Rochester
4335071 Will Tee 45 Taipei 66 California - Northern, New York City - Metro, China, Hong Kong, Singapore
12446 Eric Sucar 45 Ocean Grove 67 Atlantic City
33941 Morgan O'Neil 45 Boston 68
18441 Kent Meireis 44 Montana 69 Missoula
4325186 Thanh Trung 44 San Jose 70 Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, France, Italy
19696 Leah Moyers 22 Knoxville 71 Portland-OR, Chicago, Florida, Washington, British Columbia
4344271 Joshua Kozlowski 22 Milwaukee 72 Illinois, Minnesota
10241 Denise Chastain 22 New York - Long Island 73 New York City - Metro, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Florida
23871 Penny McCoy 22 Minneapolis 74 Texas - Central
4300846 Earl McCoy 22 Minneapolis 75
29281 Wenjie Han 22 New York City - Metro 76 Staten Island, Bronx, Queens
4326206 Kathryn Wallace Yeaton 22 Providence 77 Newport, Massachusetts, Connecticut
4341914 Si Vo 22 Houston 78 Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Portland-OR
18821 Kevin Trimmer 22 Providence 79 Newport, New Haven, Hartford
4344161 Samantha Moore 22 Sarasota 80 Tampa, Palm Beach County, Asheville, Portland-OR
4341743 Philip Salisbury 22 Lancashire 81 Spain, Italy, Channel Islands, Paris, New York City - Metro
12126 Emily Liang 22 Houston 82 Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, New York City - Metro, New Jersey, Philadelphia
4344395 Jennifer Catron 22 Fredericksburg 83 Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Mexico
9826 Chris Werner 22 Lake Tahoe 84
4323561 Leo Do 22 Orange County 85 San Francisco, San Jose, Orange County, San Diego, Los Angeles
30686 Heather DeCamp 22 Los Angeles 86
Publish Date: January 18th, 2020
Uid Points Primary Listing Location Rank Additional Listings
26056 Shaunte Dittmar 836 Lake Tahoe 87 San Francisco, Central Coast, Caribbean, Mexico, Central America
28501 Tara Theilen 623 Carson City 88 Reno
10526 Denis Gostev 435 Manhattan 89 New York - Long Island, New York - Upstate, New Jersey, Connecticut, Philadelphia
16666 James Nix 314 Charlotte 90 Asheville, Greensboro, Charleston, Columbia, Greenville
4335026 Ruben Parra 257 Panama 91 Miami
30561 Ashley Davenport 246 London 92 Indonesia, Israel, Channel Islands, Paris, New York City - Metro
8351 Carl Bower 235 Denver 93 Vail, Aspen, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona
4311031 Yun Li 212 New York - Long Island 94 New York City - Metro, New York - Upstate, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania
4300721 Jordanna Marston 211 Northamptonshire 95 London, Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Birmingham-UK
4338765 Douglas Favero 178 Oaxaca 96 San Miguel de Allende, Puebla, San Diego, San Francisco, Chicago
6756 Adena Stevens 156 Hoboken 97 New York City - Metro, Pennsylvania, Trenton, Atlantic City, North Bergen
4297406 Panayis Chrysovergis 156 London 98 Greece, New York City - Metro, Los Angeles
16801 Joyce Perlman 156 San Francisco 99 North Carolina, Sacramento
16836 Jerome Pollos 111 Coeur d'Alene 100 Boise, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland-OR, Spokane

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