Q&A: How do I view Craigslist posts for New City, NY (it keeps giving me New York City)?
Question by D. F.: How do I view Craigslist posts for New City, NY (it keeps giving me New York City)?
I need a Craig wrangler for this one.
There is a town west of the Hudson called New City, NY. All my attempts to view Craigslist ads for this town have failed. If any exist, they are buried in results for New York City. The same problem shows up when I search for the town of Tappan. I keep getting references to the Tappan Zee Bridge. Using quotation marks (“New City,” “Tappan, NY”) seems to make no difference.
Is there a way to get this to work? If not, is there some other site where I may view jobs and real estate listings for New City?
Best answer:
Answer by Panhead
craigslist staff has been tweaking the search function recently – things should be working better now
I’m finding more ‘New City’ & ‘Tappan’ ads posted on the “hudson valley” and “north jersey” craigslist sites than on the ‘ney york city’ site
at this time…….
263 hits when searching for “location: new city” in ‘all for sale/wanted’ on the ‘hudson valley’ site:
http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/search/?areaID=249&subAreaID=&query=%22location%3A+new+city%22&catAbb=sss
43 hits when searching for “location:tappan” in ‘all for sale/wanted’ on the ‘hudson valley’ site:
http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=%22location%3Atappan%22&srchType=A&minAsk=&maxAsk=
29 hits when searching for “location: new city” in ‘all for sale/wanted’ on the north jersey site:
http://newjersey.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=%22location%3A+new+city%22&srchType=A&minAsk=&maxAsk=
22 hits when searching for “location:tappan” in all for sale/wanted’ on the north jersey site:
http://newjersey.craigslist.org/search/?areaID=170&subAreaID=&query=%22location%3Atappan%22&catAbb=sss
by contrast, only 19 and 8 hits, respectively, on the new york city site
http://newyork.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=%22location%3A+new+city%22&srchType=A&minAsk=&maxAsk=
http://newyork.craigslist.org/search/?areaID=3&subAreaID=&query=%22location%3Atappan%22&catAbb=sss
note the search terms used (be sure not to select a ‘title only’ search when using those search terms)
more craigslist search tips here:
http://www.craigslist.org/about/help/search
BTW….cl-help desk forum is the best place to get help with craigslist related issues:
https://forums.craigslist.org/?forumID=9
hope this has been of help
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