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At least in my neighborhood (suburb) they have over 50% uptake.

This is the primary mechanism by which I communicate with my neighbors, organize neigborhood events, etc.

same here, only downsides: 1) you get to know your neighbors, and 2) it can turn into a real buzzkill of nothing but complainers. maybe that 2nd one is a good indicator of neighborhood decline though? not sure.

I bet there could be some truly interesting textual analysis against market values to try to identify ways of predicting market trends in real estate

It's definitely a circular issue. The ones most likely to complain are the ones most likely to join.

Kinda like a HOA. Who -really- wants to be on a HOA Board other than someone who likes to be in other people's business/exude 'pseudo authority'/complain (and in a minority, someone who has been so badly on the receiving end of same that they're determined to thwart the system from within).

You can at least mute individuals, from their profiles. It's not the neighborhood, it's the Internet; people love to complain, and here everyone gets people to complain to.

I mean look at what we get here on Hacker News. It's people complaining all day long.

So, so meta.

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