Is there interest in a Somerville Area Discussion community?

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After the recent post about fracking, and the deluge of comments about open discussion not belonging on the Davis Square community, added to the idea that there is value in real community connection where people are encouraged to learn more about their neighbors' personal interests, concerns, and ideas, I'm wondering if there is community interest in either of the two possibilities:

1. Making this Davis Square community more open to free discussion.

2. Creating a new community for "Somerville Community Discourse".

I mean it's nice to have really niche discussion groups, like BostonBikes, and such, for the real geeky stuff that people are passionate about, but for a more broad discussion about topics that affect everyone, it's nice to have a place for that to happen easily.

What do you all think?

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[turil.livejournal.com]

Oh, wait, now it's working. Odd. Thanks!