I figured out the problem. The building I live in switched internet providers this summer. Apparently now the IP address I have now reads like I’m in New York, even though I’m not.
Looks like I may have to invest in an VPN this year.
This reminds me of something that happened to me about 20 years ago when I was staying with a friend, who had an IP address that read from somewhere in some other state like Maryland.
I was a member of a non-hockey forum that I posted on heavily back then. The owner of one of the websites I was on was a colossal dick. The biggest asshole I may have ever encountered on the internet, outside of white power nazi's, who I have also encountered on the internet.
He would start threads about me and friends of mine who posted on this forum. He said I didn't really live in New Jersey, but in very rural Maryland. He started becoming really creepy and making me feel like I was being watched.
Thank god his site is gone today. I wouldn't give a shit if he was gone.