Advanced Search is Very Slow

I did try and search in the other forums for an answer. Sorry, could not find….

I am using the advanced search option. I have kept it simple. COUNTRY, then STATE (linked), then CITY (linked).

Selecting the COUNTRY is fine.

However, the next 2 steps are very, very slow.

The user has to wait at least five seconds to successfully select from the next drop down list. The problem is made worse if the user selects the next drop down before this period … If so, that stage does not work at all.

One option I tried was to add text saying “please wait 5 seconds”. Obviously, not the best for users.

I noticed on the video tutorial that the speed was, what seemed, instantaneous.

Is there a trick to setting up Advanced Search to make it quicker?

Thanks in advance!