Hey Gypsy,

I agree, The Well is WAY overpriced. But it is a high quality forum, of a professional standard as far as writing goes (they have writing contests they sponsor--I think the last winner was a regular contributing writer to Salon.com). But I don't think they are targeting an audience of our income levels. It seems targeted to middle class progressives and cultural creatives, for whom the money isn't an issue because they have substantial disposable incomes, very low overhead, or both.

But a person can dream of how nice it would be to have a folk forum of that caliber can't they? :-)