  Doctors Member Username: Doctors Post Number: 718 Registered: 10-2003 |
I always thought it was kind of odd that Detroit was not listed under US cities for Craigslist.org, so I decided to suggest it. http://forums.craigslist.org/? forumID=1 I typed in Detroit, and I got to read gems like this. quote: Among others. The main theme was that the area "Detroit Metro" was to big for craigslist. But another underlying theme was that the area is to big because our particular city is different from their particular city. Detroit sucks and we don't want to be associated with them on a faceless internet board. Bloomfield Hills is snobby, so they should have thier own board. Now I know why the city of Detroit, which ranks tenth nationally in population, with the fifth largest metro population, in the eighth most populous state is the only major city out twenty-two possible slots not to be listed. It's not listed because with all the divisiveness, bitterness, and hatred, it does not deserve to be listed. | ||
Lefty2 Member Username: Lefty2 Post Number: 274 Registered: 07-2007 |
who cares about craigslist ranking of D | ||
Cabasse Member Username: Cabasse Post Number: 63 Registered: 01-2006 |
hey, they got rid of atlanta, dallas, and houston. three major cities. (atlanta being one of the original cities to have been added!) but they DO have portland. who knows how the fuck they choose their primary cities, but however they do is pretty ridiculous. | ||
Greatlakes Member Username: Greatlakes Post Number: 24 Registered: 07-2007 |
"they got rid of atlanta, dallas, and houston" uh, no they didn't. Portland is definitely a booming town with many urban supporters using it as a model of new urbanism if you haven't heard. Regional government, good public transportation, low crime, etc. | ||
Wirt Member Username: Wirt Post Number: 66 Registered: 12-2005 |
Isn't Craig a University of Michigan grad? | ||
Dds Member Username: Dds Post Number: 387 Registered: 10-2006 |
Gee. If we aren't listed on Craigslist, I don't think I want to live here anymore. | ||
Matt Member Username: Matt Post Number: 1213 Registered: 10-2003 |
OMG I'm having a nervous breakdown because our fair city isn't listed on Craigslist! | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 1780 Registered: 04-2006 |
The truth is that craigslist.org is one of the most highly browsed websites on the World Wide Web. Michigan not having it's major city on the front page is not a good PR move at a time when Michigan and Detroit could both use all the good PR they can come across. Then again, maybe you all not realizing this is symptomatic of the problem? | ||
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe Post Number: 777 Registered: 08-2007 |
I wish we were on Craigslist, it is a great resource. | ||
Spitty Member Username: Spitty Post Number: 622 Registered: 07-2004 |
huh? I use it all the time. www.detroit.craigslist.com | ||
Doctors Member Username: Doctors Post Number: 719 Registered: 10-2003 |
Spitty, many people use craigslist Detroit all the time. But not having Detroit on the front page like Iheartthed said, is symptomatic of a major problem. A deficit of clout, IMO and maybe even respect. | ||
Billpdx Member Username: Billpdx Post Number: 45 Registered: 05-2006 |
The cities listed on craigslist have a lot to do with the volume of listings coming out of those cities. I think I read somewhere that SF, Portland, and Seattle get the heaviest traffic. Detroit's listings are considerably slimmer. So, not having Detroit on the front page is a perceived slight - not an actual one. What's more disconcerting is some of the posts from Detroiters, like this one: quote: Good god... What an ignorant snob. | ||
Rooms222 Member Username: Rooms222 Post Number: 51 Registered: 04-2005 |
Craigslist has 22 US cities where you can click from any city's homepage and directly go to that city. Detroit is currently not one of them (think it used to be). You have to click Michigan, then Detroit. Just like the Cheesecake Factory thread, I got the 25 largest MSAs (Metro Areas) in America from Wikipedia and compared them to what cities are listed on Craigslist. Once again, Detroit is by far the largest MSA not to be listed (#10). The next were St. Louis (#18), Tampa (#19),Baltimore (#20),Pittsburgh (#22), Cleveland (#24), Cincinnati (#25). Either we are such slack jawed computer illiterates that we hardly use Craigslist compared to all these much smaller cities (if we are not on there based upon usage, as one poster has suggested), or we are again getting a lack of recognition (in a good way), and being made absent (in a bad way). | ||
Rfban Member Username: Rfban Post Number: 192 Registered: 02-2004 |
I can't talk about this anymore. Your making me upset... | ||
Yvette248 Member Username: Yvette248 Post Number: 998 Registered: 10-2006 |
Divided we fall.... | ||
Hauntedbeat Member Username: Hauntedbeat Post Number: 11 Registered: 07-2007 |
it's www.detroit.craigslist.org, fyi, not "com." | ||
Detroit_stylin Member Username: Detroit_stylin Post Number: 5115 Registered: 10-2003 |
But of course crime in the city and the residents is the sole reason that things are falling apart in southeast michigan.... SMDH | ||
Rooms222 Member Username: Rooms222 Post Number: 52 Registered: 04-2005 |
The www.detroit.craigslist.com points to the detroit.craigslist.org | ||
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit Post Number: 1142 Registered: 11-2003 |
Who cares... its someones site and they can put up what they want. As long as we can go to detroit.craigslist.org stop bitching... bookmark the page and move on. | ||
Subterranean Member Username: Subterranean Post Number: 1 Registered: 09-2007 |
The one dude is absolutely correct. I complained about Detroit not being on the front page, time and time again. I finally got a response from craigslist saying that despite the fact that Detroit and the Metro are so large, they represent a mere fraction of the usage associated with smaller cities like Seattle and Portland. | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 1356 Registered: 11-2004 |
quote: No. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C raig_Newmark I think you're thinking of Larry Page of Google. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L arry_Page | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 1804 Registered: 04-2006 |
Craig Newmark did some graduate studies at Michigan. I'm not sure if he got a degree or not... | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 1357 Registered: 11-2004 |
The president and CEO, Jim Buckmaster, did study at UofM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J im_Buckmaster | ||
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit Post Number: 1151 Registered: 11-2003 |
I think they are thinking of the dude from Google or Yahoo that went to UM | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 1807 Registered: 04-2006 |
Maybe it was Jim Buckmaster. But I could have sworn that Craig Newmark had some association with the University. | ||
Rooms222 Member Username: Rooms222 Post Number: 53 Registered: 04-2005 |
Here is his story in the form of a poem: http://www.bookofjoe.com/2006/ 04/the_long_strang.html Stayed in Ann Arbor for "sentimental reasons." Ran up big debts, yet was unable to make good money in Michigan. Loved public transit and unorthodox living, but was not getting credit for some very unique accomplishments(first in the world). Left Michigan out of desperation, and achieved incredible things...... Could this amazing story be close to home for many of us here..... Also, does the pain of this area lead people to write us off when they get success elsewhere? Are we all in denial of our potential by staying here? | ||
Doctors Member Username: Doctors Post Number: 723 Registered: 10-2003 |
Yes, I agree it's Craig's site and he can do what he wants, but Detroit needs to be on the front page. Since Detroit is not on the front page we now have a chicken and egg situation in regards to the use of detroit.craigslist.org. |
