"Everyblock, as far as I understand it, was really an attempt to automate distribution of data and information provided by local authorities." I was an EveryBl

"Everyblock, as far as I understand it, was really an attempt to automate distribution of data and information provided by local authorities." I was an EveryBlock user in Chicago for about a year and it was definitely more that a distribution of stats (although I think they may have started out that way originally). There was a very active social neighborhood based network where people talked about what was currently going on in the neighborhood.