This is our third in a series of posts where we explore top neighborhoods, blogs, and bloggers in cities around the U.S. For background of our project, check out the inaugural post, which was all about Boston and our second feature on San Francisco.
Today we focus our microscopic lens on St. Louis – Gateway to the West! Once a booming industrial city and more recently the most dangerous city in America, St. Louis is working to revitalize itself.
St. Louis
Bloggiest Neighborhoods:
Top Blogs:
- Urban Review – a critical look at urban planning and related politics in the City of St. Louis and region
- Ecology of Absence – exploration and analysis of the architectural and ecological world of St. Louis
- STLog – St. Louis’s alternative weekly Riverfront Time’s blog, covering local arts, entertainment, and people.
- STL Rising – a blog dedicated to the renaissance of the City of St. Louis.
- Built St. Louis - chronicling the historic architecture of St. Louis.
Up and Coming Blogs (in no particular order)
- Skip To The ‘Lou
- Dividing By Zero Will Get You Nowhere
- STL A La Mode
- Pretty War STL
- Curious Feet St. Louis
Most Talked About Stories:
- Flood damage from Hurricane Ike
- Metrolink’s financial burdens
- Sudden death of former State Rep. Sherman Parker
- National PARKing Day and the Green Space movement
- Vice Presidential Debates on Oct 2 at Washington University
Have your own STL top 5? Tell us about it. Leave a note in the comments section.
Methodology: Our rankings track local buzz by analyzing a mix of variables including: total number of posts, location of posts, links from other sites in the community, and feedback from Outside.in members. Bloggiest Neighborhoods/Top Blogs, past 30 days; Most Talked About Stories, past 7 days.



