Anytown, Online

Well, we never claimed to be the first of our kind - city websites have been around for a while now. But it is nice to see others out there are successful, and it gives us hope that our MostMetro site does indeed have future...

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By BOB TEDESCHI
New York Times.

BEFORE the days of the printing press, town squares served as the main forum for exchanging community news and gossip. Now comes the virtual town square. Skip to next paragraph In the Region Long Island, Westchester, Connecticut and New Jersey Go to Complete Coverage »

Across the United States, citizen bloggers and deep-pocketed entrepreneurs are creating town-specific, and even neighborhood-specific, Web sites where the public can read and contribute items too small or too fleeting for weekly newspapers. Suburban towns across the greater New York area are joining in, giving residents a new way to avoid traffic snags, find a lost dog or just vent about a local hot-button issue.