[rickmode]

Isn’t it the cheapest AWS region? Or at least among the cheapest. If I’m correct, this incentivizes users to start there.

[everfrustrated]

All countries are more expensive than the US, but many US regions are the same (cheapest) price. (eg Ohio, Oregon).

us-east-1 is more a legacy of it being the first region so by virtue of being the default region for the longest time most customers built on it.