Local news and politics forums.

[Runesong]

Do any of you frequent smaller, local politics and news forums?

My local paper, in Springfield Mass. operates a news / forum site called MassLive. Unfortunately the level of discourse is pathetic.

http://www.masslive.com/forums/newswatch
http://www.masslive.com/forums/politics

Does your city have a decent local forum? Or are you surrounded by morons too? :)

[Atman]

1. I'm from Springfield...

(just moved to CT a little over a year ago). I never even visited the MassLive site, except to look for my own listings! I didn't know they had forums. But in Springfield, the median age is about 90, and the ethnic make-up is 80% "minority." Look how slow some of the DU forums get with a worldwide audience...Springfield MA is not exactly Seattle or NY. They just elected a 100 year old Mayor from the 60's to run the city again. Progressive, it ain't! (Well, except the Canadian drug plan thing).

[JailBush]

2. Seattle sucks.

There's no intelligent life in Seattle. If you don't believe me, just check out the local chatboards/forums. SeattleSucks.com appears to be an establishment operative and is almost pornographic. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer used to have a forum; I don't know if it's still online. But it was beyond lame.

[lpbk2713]

3. I visit a so-called "fishing" forum on a daily basis but........

....... it's mostly wingnuts ranting and raving about one silly-ass thing or another. During the weekends it's not so bad because they have to wait until Monday to hear what Rush Pimple-Butt how they should think. Check it out ........ http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zeroforum?id=20