When Semisonic's Feeling Strangely Fine came out in 1998, Seattlest was 18 years old and leaving the crushing open spaces of Wyoming for good. We liked the album then, but it wasn't until a year later -- this time leaving Phoenix, Arizona for good -- that we really fell in love with it. We were by ourselves, pulling a U-Haul trailer behind our '76 El Camino, and we were on our way to Washington state to start a new life. more ›

Beneighbor.com is the questionably named site that lets condo-dwellers meet the people they share a wall with, and there's nothing questionable about that raison d'etre. Meet em, friend em, complain about the shoddy tile in the hall with em. Hey, maybe we can woo that little old lady who's been giving us the stink eye in Wallingford for the past half a decade. Seriously, our Real Life efforts ("Hi! How's it going!" Bitch.) have thus far been met with absolutely no spark of acknowledgment. But there's no relationship we can't build online... more ›

Okay, one last thing: there's also an area where you can chat with Real Life Moms on Messenger. If there are photos involved, this at least has potential real life internet implications, as explored in this Urban Dictionary entry on the MILF acronym.
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