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Meeting Locals over the Internet?
tjjuggle asks: "Why is so hard to do local communication on the internet? Suppose I want to find a group of random people to play soccer with tomorrow. Given that I live in a town of 50,000+ people, many of whom are online, there should be a way. For major metropolitan regions, Craigslist.org fills this gap, but it is no use to those of us who live outside of the San Francisco Bay Area. Has anyone developed a service like Craigslist which can be used throughout the country? I imagine a site that, given a zipcode, it could then tell you which users are signed up who live within 10-20miles of you. Does anyone know of other local communication mechanisms?" Even now, one of the best ways for local communications remains Instant Messaging, but you usually have to meet the person, first. Are there other community-oriented websites out there that can assist users in meeting other users who live nearby?
I'm not sure if its exactly what you are looking for, but there are -tons- of topics, and I live in a relativly small city, and there are a few local meetups in the area of differant interests. It's a pretty cool service, and looks like it could grow into something quite cool.
If you live in Japan we are starting one there kinda like craigslist.
Well, I signed up for both the Linux meetup and Slashdot meetup in my area.
.5 million I'd think that there would be at least 5 (10 ppm) people who would want an excuse to go out into the Big Blue Room.
Since then, not one has gone off - not enough people can be bothered to even VOTE on a place to meet up - let alone show up.
In a town of
www.eFax.com are spammers
You mean something like this? I can even find out how much my neighbor paid for their house with this.
Sadly, NTK report that they're in receivership. :-(
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It sounds like the poster knows, but since I'm a longtime user (in three different cities) and supporter of Craigslist, I want to make sure it's clear to others, as well...Craigslist is currently set up in 22 metro areas, and continues to add more:
atlanta
austin
boston
chicago
dallas
denver
detroit
houston
los angeles
miami
minneapolis
new york
philadelphia
phoenix
portland
sacramento
san diego
seattle
wash, DC
london
toronto
vancouver
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It is a dada story -- it has no moral.
It's called a phone book. Try The Ultimates White Pages and see how hard it is to find people.
Not to mention your county assessment records (which are open by law).