XPost: alt.fan.usenet   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   In article , Rich   wrote:   
   >   
   >Do keep in mind that you *do not* get the equivalent of the "local   
   >press" (as in news papers).  You don't get stories on what the local   
   >government board is proposing (unless it also gores someone's ox, and   
   >they then complain about their ox being gored by the local board on   
   >nextdoor).  Or other typical 'stories' you'd get from an actual local   
   >newspaper (if it existed).   
      
   Yes, this is the problem.   
      
   >From what I've heard from folks around me that are members, what you   
   >get is a local gossip channel, with an occasional bit of useful info   
   >(coyote seen at X & Y streets yesterday at 06:30).   
      
   Ours is mostly full of people complaining about other neighbors, or   
   sending out alerts saying that they saw a black person in the area.   
   Also incoherent political nonsense.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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