City-Data.com

Fed up with this site. Ibginnie is the head moderator. Might even own the site. Not sure. Definitely petty, banning people for using functions built into the site. I got my account locked for posting a picture of the Dow Jones. Nothing controversial. Nothing crazy. Just, "Here's what the Dow Jones is doing now." The function of linking pictures is a built in feature of the forum, but it's sometimes against the rules when they decide that it is. Ibginnie seems to enjoy going after people who have the wrong political views, but even if I'm just imagining that part, banning people for posting pictures of the Dow Jones in a politics forum? Are you f-ing kidding me? I'm done with that BS!

Got banned. No warning or explanation and per their rules they can do this. I hope they go downhill like Twitter and Facebook. Buliies galore and zero done to them, but I get banned. Found out when I tried to sign in today.

I enjoyed using this site to learn about different places to live and hear what people had to say about the communities around my area. Earlier today I meant to respond to a post, but I accidentally made a new Fourm. Keep in mind, I'm new to the site so I didn't know how to work everything perfectly. I logged on about an hour ago and found I had been banned permanently for spam! I also have no way of appealing my ban. All for making an innocent mistake.

Everything as fine until moderators dont like what you say,
Its really odd because its not clear what policy you have broken other than somebody just does not like what you say.
Especially if its protesting any racial or social injustice.
I was told after I heated debate with multiple facts and sources to back my argument that I was not breaking any rules but to stop speaking my mind.
After asking what rules i was breaking in a polite respectable manor, I was banned after being on for 5 years.
If you speak too much of the truth, they will ban you. Dont get too political as the moderators are not very intelligent and take offense easily.
They will allow many racist statements to go unchecked but delete non offensive statements.
Just not a good or well run site due to moderators.It would be great if not for them. Particularly JMT and YAC. Just horrible

I agree that realtors are probably on this site as well as those writing books or other articles on the best places to live in a particular state or country.

But what happened to freedom of speech and freedom of the press? You people bashing posters for saying what they want to say have a nerve and are promoting what many Americans and others in non-socialist countries are fighting against. You don't have to agree with the content of those racist or partisan posts you mention. We should be free to say what we want whether it's offensive to some people or not! Period.

Was googling for pickled herring reviews and turned up a thread on this website that I had posted one post to a few years back - did not remember doing so but when I tried to register it said I was already registered!

Okay, logged in. Answered a post that said there was no source of picked herring in this-city. I said this-supermarket in this-city has picked herring in their deli case. Went back the next day to see what was going on to find out I was banned.

Guess they don't like pickled herring. Their loss.

The New York City Data is populated by real estate and development trolls, anti-rent regulation, "socialism," "red scare(s)!," what-have-you. It is also populated by right-wing trolls. There are very, very few real people. Most of them probably believe that by posting and posting they can sway politicians or "the public." Be that as it may, little of it is worth reading. In fact, there is a great deal of misinformation, likely deliberate.

Be advised, and do not take any of it seriously. There are also more than a few psychos - a great reason never to post anything yourself. Don't engage.

You WILL be banned for the most inane reasons. Every post will be monitored apparently and anyone can and will be reported for anything of the mod doesn't catch it first. Yes I am still a member have been one for nearly 10 years and getting ready to go on my second multi year sabbatical from them. I wrote the mods publicly in a thread this morning letting them know they are dismantling their own kingdom with their self righteousness. You cannot say anything there without it being taken wrong. Even when I asked a man who appeared to be contemplating jumping from a bridge near my home,, I just asked to clarify if he were really serious about this or just super upset for the moment and was punished by a mod about it as a personal attack. When I was actually VERY CONCERNED.

If you arrive as a new user and are not a MAGA person they will virtually destroy you. I posted and 5 minutes later a creep that clearly did not read my post attacked me. Many followed and called me troll, it felt like a gang attack just because my ideas are not pro Trump. The moderator (s) are pro-Trump and should be removed immediately since they are bias and not impartial. My post only lasted 10 hours, as it was deleted because it did not align with the far right. If the poster abandons the thread, it may last a little longer but if you defend your idea, it will be gone very quickly. This site clearly violates the freedom of speech and the proper authorities should get involved and shut it down.

City-Data is essentially a propaganda/disinformation site for realtors, frequented by a paid content generators and thuggish paid moderators. It tends to be fairly racist, they are looking to steer white buyers to their preferred realtors. Seriously think it should be investigated for discriminatory practices. If you're looking for input on locations, best to use friends and family and actual real people. Most of the frequent posters there are either realtors lying about who they are and what they do for a living, or paid content generators. This is not the place to go to if you're seriously looking to relocate.

This is really just a racist site pretending to be a legit forum. Moderators will censor and shut down any views that don't fall in line with their racist views. Very far right fascist tendencies. I was banned because I called out a member who was posting multiple stories about black on white crime. I asked him why he was so obsessed with stories about black on white crime and was called a communist who supports white genocide. The moderator banned me hours later for "trolling". The member remains active and continues to rant about anti white racism and white genocide.

I spoke out against the EarthQuest billion dollar theme park scam on City-Data. I came to the discussion with piles of mainstream media articles, court records and more about the project and the obvious scammers behind it. Don Allen Holbrook, the brainchild behind the scam that made over 1.2 million dollars, sued newspapers, journalists and all the taxpayers in Texas that dared to speak out against it and little old me, Soapboxmom. Holbrook got his a$$ handed to him in court. The taxpayers in Texas are out 24 million dollars for a theme park that will never get further than a pile of pretty drawings. City-Data is a joke!