Figure out a data model

[leesharma]

Having everything stuffed into one table is going to make it hard to add more states. We should work on normalizing the data. This will require looking not just at our current table but also at the other data sources we intend to use.

As a bonus, this means we could take better advantage of SQLAlchemy's ORM.

[leesharma]

Challenge: we're using Heroku right now because it's easy and free. However, their free database has a 10k row limit.

We could increase to a 10mil limit for $9/mo on Heroku, investigate the cost of an RDS database, or leave the Platform as a Service model and set up on DigitalOcean or something for $5-10/mo. (There are probably other options too.)

The common thread is that none of these options are free; to normalize the database (or add any other states), we're probably going to need to pay money.

I vote that we find a sponsor to cover our hosting fees, but whatever we do, this issue is shelved for the moment.