Can't take the cold Northeast and wonder if Charleston would work? My husband and I recently moved from Los Angeles to the Eastern shore of Ct. for a variety of reasons mainly cost of living and seeking a closer knit community. Now that we have experienced a cold winter ( it's just starting!) we see that it isn't for us. Weather is a big deal and we thought we could handle it but the being stuck indoors, the layers of clothes, the desire to hibernate are all getting to us pretty quick.
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posted by privatechef
on Jan 23, 2013 -
27 answers
The election process in my neighborhood is very inefficient. What can I do to make it better?
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posted by valeries
on Nov 6, 2012 -
8 answers
Need help finding a new chat solution for a far-flung group.
Our core group of friends is spread across the US and Canada. Part of what keeps us so close is the private chat room we've had for the last 10 years or so. Sadly, the current owner of this is shutting it down, and we need to find a new place to hang out. I've been tasked with finding the solution. To head off the inevitable question, no we can't take over the existing site, for multiple reasons that I don't want to go into. Currently we're using phpMyChat 0.14.5, hosted on a back alley page of the owner's primary site. Are newer versions of phpMyChat going to have similar features? And how do I get one? Needs/requirements inside...
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posted by spinturtle
on May 28, 2012 -
10 answers
Need the knowledge of the collective hive: Trying to find another example of an online community that charges a single one-time
joining fee for new users, like MetaFilter does. (We know that MetaFilter is unique in so many ways, is this yet another?)
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posted by achpea
on Apr 11, 2012 -
7 answers
How can a now-defunct LiveJournal community archive its posts & comments?
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posted by snoe
on Dec 14, 2011 -
4 answers
I want to put a film club together. Looking for ideas and advice on things I should prepare for.
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posted by heartofglass
on Nov 30, 2011 -
1 answer
Can you suggest Buddhist resources - churches, sanghas, gompas, meditation groups, communities - in the Los Angeles Area?
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posted by jnnla
on Jan 20, 2011 -
7 answers
Co-op question. We contributed $400 (fully vested!) to a food co-op that may never happen. It hasn't been able to secure funding through a USDA loan, or by any other method. It's been about four years. Can I take an income tax deduction?
posted by fixedgear
on Nov 27, 2010 -
1 answer
Help me complete this bell hooks quote: "in the act of breaking bread, we call upon"
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posted by biwa-shu
on Nov 14, 2010 -
3 answers
[commitment/marriage/community support filter]: looking for a reading about community support in the success of a relationship.
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posted by anya32
on Sep 2, 2010 -
5 answers
ForumFilter: What advice do you have for seeding a soon-to-launch professional forum with
general topics? What should we bake-in to help build community, serve as social release valves, encourage participation, etc?
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posted by mumkin
on Jul 12, 2010 -
5 answers
Assuming I have no other choices - and have serious ethical concerns about issues like fair pay and equitable treatment of workers (primary), environmentalism (secondary) and commitment to localism (tertiary) - should I shop at Wal-Mart or Target?
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posted by l33tpolicywonk
on Jun 3, 2010 -
26 answers
Seeking ideas for discouraging piracy of a DVD which has a small potential audience of only a few thousand, well-connected people.
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posted by puffmoike
on Mar 22, 2010 -
28 answers
What online communities or networks have embraced or enforced both anonymity and impermanence (i.e. no permanent archives)? Usenet (before Deja), IRC, imageboards (2ch/4chan), Craigslist Missed Connections, Omegle, ChatRoulette... What else?
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posted by waxpancake
on Feb 11, 2010 -
16 answers
My friends and I are starting an artist collective in Phoenix, Arizona and we desperately need help thinking of a name. Can you help?
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posted by Bageena
on Dec 7, 2009 -
21 answers
I loved the plot of
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. Any recommendations for similar books, shows, or movies?
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posted by reenum
on Oct 28, 2009 -
10 answers
Community college: am I asking all the right questions for my soon-to-be-senior daughter?
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posted by dzaz
on Aug 6, 2009 -
37 answers
I'm a little short on skills but large on motivation. Should I start working on growing my community's web presence, or leave it to the pros?
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posted by scarykarrey
on Jul 1, 2009 -
4 answers
In
this article, Clive Thompson says Disqus invented "selective invisibility" -- the moderation technique of hiding the activity of troublemakers and trolls from everyone but the troll themselves. I know this can't be true, mostly because I implemented it on Upcoming.org back in 2003. But I remember the idea floating around long before that, and some old online communities definitely implemented it, but I can't remember which ones. Any old-schoolers remember?
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posted by waxpancake
on Mar 25, 2009 -
26 answers
Why do I often see two, three, even four different Thai restaurants on the same block, sometimes even right next to one another?
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posted by bubukaba
on May 19, 2008 -
22 answers
