I feel pretty confidant that the 2 miles rule is for the bogus coords but that doesn’t mean the 2 mile circle is off limits for other caches. You are obviously upset by all your hard work which is understandable.
As a fan of all styles of caches (with my favs being Traditionals and Puzzles) I see all the work that goes into making good caches. I just spent over 80 hours crafting 5 puzzle caches, scouted new and untapped areas that were unique, here in the Valley, went through a few give and takes to find ownership and other issues. This activity was almost enough to put me off of ever doing a series again.
There are cachers that only do traditionals, some only multis and others the various other icons. Everyone has the option of doing what suits them best. When I first began working out placement of the puzzles, I first worked with the reviewers, asking them if my areas were open before doing any more leg work and they were very helpful in reporting back. Our reviewers are great assets to use in the future, especially when you think there may be issues.
Lastly, I have had another cacher contact me about moving my multi so they could fit in a cache of their own.This is always an option for you to consider, unless the puzzle is something special to the area.
Following the signals from space.
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