You're right Londondrz. I'm only on the Sydenham forum to balance out the xenophobes and racists. But they do at least debate wider issues, like we used to on here.

Even East Dulwich has gone a bit quiet lately, except for the complaints about the cost of buying houses (which has turned into a discussion on how to get a buy to let mortgage).

Virtual Snorewood has picked up a bit since the 'Chinese Take away' thread kicked off following the shock of somebody wanting to make a £500m investment.

However, local traders are often put off posting on local forums because the administrators consider it to be advertising and want to charge them. The rules are remarkably unclear in some cases but what can you do?