[jaypreneur]

It seems like this is also overlapping with Craigslist then?

If you want to advertise anything based on location, Craiglist is free and widely used.

If you can really provide something uniquely useful to bring members then people will come. I just don't know how much local neighborhoods care. You could target neighborhood watchs, get-togethers, clubs, and, as you said, advertising.

The thing is... all of those things are available in different forms (meetup.com, craigslist, etc.).

I suppose bringing them together isn't a bad idea though. Surely if meetup, craigslist, and other location-based services work, then there is a market for this.

[krausejj]

we hope so! what we don't like about the other services is the neighborhood bucketing... you have to choose a (sometimes arbitrary) label for the area you're looking at and can only browse in that way....

if you live in SF you know that these labels are constantly changing - better to just give the user complete control. one person may want to look at two blocks, someone else may want to browse an entire metro area.

thanks for the feedback!