... in response to Re: Two Gringo Guide and Agency Lists, posted by valuedcustomer on Sep 23, 2002I think that's a pretty good synopisis of the three major discussion sites.
I haven't read 2Gs in quite a while, but they seemed to be more focused in their discussions in contrast to the many tangents on racism, politics, etc. taken here.
I think the LWL tends to have more tangential topics than this list, and you're right about the intellectualism there. There's a bit less arguing at LWL than here.
I think arguments are inevitable, especially when you get enough people posting. The more people, the more points of view you'll encounter and I think we have more people posting here than the other two lists. The bottom line is that any forum is only as good as it's participants.
Date ranges in the LWL search function eh? Sounds like I might have a new action item on my plate.