so apparently the popularity of craigs list has exploded. there's craigs list canada, europe in addition to the various regions of the U.S. that are already covered. so i start thinking, i wonder of the responses and posts on craigs list are representative of the locale (i.e. the 'for sale' link on the west virginia site includes children and homes on wheels).

so first i glance around the home page which is San Fran. there are a total of 64,000 posts under the 'Personals' heading. North Dakota? 132. Intriguing. I delve a little deeper and click on the 'strictly platonic' link for the North Dakota personals page. The postings are separated by weeks, even months. do they have like one computer per town or something? I further the investigation by clicking on the first post from this past Friday. And guess what? it's some chain letter that someone from Boston posted. The next person to read it is supposed to repost it in another city. Ummm...do you really think these North Dakota folks can copy/paste? i figure that chain has hit a dead end. the next post is by some guy who'll be in Fargo on business from NYC and he said in return for a tour of Fargo, he'd buy them a beer and tell them about life in NYC. That's so good of him. Really.

So next i click on the second link under personals, 'women seeking women.' and guess what?
http://nd.craigslist.org/w4w/

i think i need go no further on this one. but some morbid fascination drives me further and against my better judgment, i click on 'men seeking men.' now first of all, you get a disclaimer verifying you're 18 years old (which does not appear on the lesbian page - hmmmm) and then i come upon this:
http://nd.craigslist.org/m4m/107028894.html .



I am never going to North Dakota and all internet service to that state should be terminated.