"you could make a /[r](http://www.reddit.com/reddits... for a specific part or aspect of des moines if you wanted to, like [arts and crafts](http://www.reddit.com/r...), downtown, schools, sports teams, clubs, meetups-tweetups... encourage others to develop local subreddits by subscribing, upvoting, commenting, and submitting. subreddits "won't run themselves". it takes a group of like minded people to work and play together to make it all come together. ps. why do redditors get upset about "the hive mind" like its a bad thing? because [the bandwagon effect](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...)" - polymath22