The 'place of abode' question on US counters

Why the question exists

Statutory residency in New York, and most states with the rule, requires both conditions:

• spending more than 183 days in the state (any part of a day counts), and
• maintaining a permanent place of abode there — a dwelling you keep and can use, owned or not.

Days alone do not make you a statutory resident. So a counter that turned red on day 184 without knowing about your abode would be crying wolf — and one that stayed silent when you do keep an apartment would be dangerously quiet.

How Bounded handles it

• Abode: yes — the counter behaves fully: day count, progress, and the exceeded warning when you pass the threshold.
• Abode: no (or unanswered) — the day count and progress still show, so you always know where you stand, but the residency alarm is suppressed: without an abode the statute cannot trigger on days alone. Unanswered counters show Confirm details until you decide.

You can change the answer any time by editing the counter — moving into or out of an apartment is exactly when to.