# What's your city's alternative newspaper? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 25, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-citys-alternative-newspaper/540666 "2010-05-25T02:54:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-citys-alternative-newspaper/540666/41 "2010-05-28T02:26:54Z")
[The Dallas Observer](http://www.dallasobserver.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-citys-alternative-newspaper/540666/42 "2010-05-28T03:48:56Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > Not suprisingly, the Puget Sound is full of them. Our own town of Tacoma has the [Weekly Volcano](http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/), which oddly enough is usually bundled within a military newspaper. Seattle has the more “established” alt weekly [Seattle Weekly](http://www.seattleweekly.com/) and the much edgier [Stranger](http://www.thestranger.com/), and numerous specialized papers. The Volcano also serves the Olympia/Lacey area, so your post is my answer. The military newspaper it’s often bundled with is the Fort Lewis Ranger (Regular Army National Guard Enlisted Reserve). (I get so annoyed when I want to read the Volcano but the newspaper box packages it with the Ranger and someone has already stolen the Volcano out from inside the Ranger. I should really be more careful when I pick up the paper.) ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-citys-alternative-newspaper/540666/43 "2010-05-28T06:14:31Z")
We’ve got the [Santa Fe Reporter](http://sfreporter.com). A surprisingly decent free weekly, which is nice because the “real” paper in town is _completely_ worthless. The Reporter also puts together an “Annual Manual” every spring, which is an incredibly handy magazine-sized compendium of just about all the little practical things you may want to know, and also great to hand off to guests who are in town, since it’s full of “where to shop” and “where to eat” reviews. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-citys-alternative-newspaper/540666/44 "2010-05-28T06:51:14Z")
In Albuquerque we’ve got this: [http://alibi.com/](http://alibi.com/) I don’t really like it because its quality of journalism is inconsistent and it tends to project a “hipper than thou” attitude. But I was shocked to hear about the creator of Thundercats getting killed, so I guess it’s good for something. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-citys-alternative-newspaper/540666/45 "2010-05-29T04:34:25Z")
The utterly worthless [http://www.eugeneweekly.com/](http://www.eugeneweekly.com/) Worthless except for the few square inches of Jonesin’ Crossword, which I look forward to all week. ---
**Author:** ![JerseyMarine2092](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@JerseyMarine2092](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyMarine2092)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-citys-alternative-newspaper/540666/46 "2010-05-29T12:45:01Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > There’s also the [_Examiner_](http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/), which is a crappier(and conservative) version of the _Express_, which is just the “Washington Post lite.” The Examiner has a much better front page. It’s great at showing outrage- I grabbed the one yesterday just because it shared my anger over Metro fare hikes. The Express didn’t even mention it! ---
**Author:** ![basset\_hound](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/basset_hound/32/1432_2.png) [@basset\_hound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/basset_hound)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-citys-alternative-newspaper/540666/47 "2010-05-29T15:43:19Z")
Covering the Jacksonville/St. Augustine area: > **[Folio 2.0 / EU Jacksonville](https://folioweekly.com/)** > > Events, Sports, Concerts, Theatre, Art, Happenings, Restaurants & All Things Jacksonville, Flori ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-citys-alternative-newspaper/540666/48 "2010-05-29T15:53:14Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > We have the [San Diego Reader](http://www.sandiegoreader.com/). It’s pretty fucking lame, and the paper version is so full of ads and coupons that you struggle to find the actual content. I only bother picking it up if the cover story looks especially interesting. I loved the Reader when I lived there but that was nearly 20 years ago. It’s a shame that it’s apparently degraded so much. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-citys-alternative-newspaper/540666/49 "2010-05-29T15:57:15Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > Thanks, people! > > Would anyone happen to know the ones in NYC, Denver, and San Francisco? NYC has a little one called The Village [Voice](http://www.villagevoice.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-citys-alternative-newspaper/540666/50 "2010-05-29T17:16:05Z")
In Austin, it’s the [Chronicle](http://www.austinchronicle.com/) which has actual journalists and stuff :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-citys-alternative-newspaper/540666/51 "2010-05-29T17:45:29Z")
[http://www.memphisflyer.com/](http://www.memphisflyer.com/) ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-citys-alternative-newspaper/540666/52 "2010-05-29T19:42:20Z")
> **[Visit the Relaunched ToledoFreePress.com](https://toledofreepress.com/)** > > News from Toledo, Ohio and the surrounding areas of Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. It’s a little heavy on the Crystal Bowersox coverage at the moment, as she’s a local girl, but it’s generally worth a read through. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-citys-alternative-newspaper/540666.md?page=2)