import re


def _is_location(text: str) -> bool:
    """
    Determine if text is likely to be a location.

    Keyword arguments:
    text -- the text to check

    Returns: True if the text is likely to be a location, False otherwise
    """
    location_pattern = r"(^\d+|Highway|Hwy|Offshore|Statewide)"
    return re.match(location_pattern, text, re.IGNORECASE) is not None