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whatusername on Aug 21, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask YC: Why can't anyone compete with craigslist?

So use the network effect!

Why not target a city other than SF or NY..

melbourne.craigslist.com.au looks pretty dead to me... (And melbourne is about 600k people larger than the SF urban area)

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