Looks like a "third rail" non-discussion. When Concordia was planted in St. Louis the city was the third largest in the nation and the largest city west of the Mississippi. Times have changed. Seminary resources need to be moved to Irvine (So. California/Nevada/Arizona)and to the I-25 corridor in Colorado. This is where the growth and the people are. I might add somewhere between Atlanta/Orlando. Ft. Wayne's benefit is its proximity to the largest district in the LCMS: Michigan. But we are going to decline rapidly with the loss of the manufacturing industry. Half the kids (and the best and the brightest) relocate out-of-state upon graduation. We need to move.

The analogy is the angst and despair you see in professional sports when you get two mid-western teams in a championship: the money (because the people) are on the coasts.