WTH isn’t there a standard way to place items that aren’t in an area

Month of "What the heck?!"
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I am sure we all have items that don’t belong in an area… like my rainbird sprinkler controller that is in my utility room but controls the back and front yard sprinklers. Or my OpenWeather entities. I have all my Christmas lights on a smart plug in my utility room, but it controls the lights on my trees in the front and back yard, the landscaping lights and the strings on the house.

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Yep, integrations, add-ons, google home speaker groups, cell phones for my house are not in an area