[btrettel]

I'm switching my personal website from .org to .us. There are a few major disadvantages of .us: 1. only available to people in the US, 2. private registration is not allowed. While the latter is not a major problem for my personal website, I have a project that I'd like to not have attached to my name, so .us isn't a possibility there. I don't know what TLD to use for that project yet but I'll figure something out. I'm open to suggestions.

[Aperocky]

Hmm, by private registration, do you mean Whois guard? I’ve made that mistake once, but I don’t know if we’re talking about the same thing.

[btrettel]

Yes, looks like WhoisGuard is Namecheap's version of private registration. Some registrars don't charge for that, by the way.

[Aperocky]

Not having that seem to be a disaster, you wouldn’t believe the amount of calls I received offering to commercially make my website that were clearly personal by name.

[NiloCK]

Not sure if I understand the first disadvantage. People not living in the US live someplace else, with its own TLD.

[btrettel]

Fair point, you're correct. Private registration not being available is the main disadvantage then, which as I said is not a problem for a personal website.

[kps]

It is possible for some people to cross some borders.