There are actually many ways to start a community, many of the best ones have been described here.
Anyways, since I am here and I work at CL: can you send me (email on my profile) information about your city and what would you specifically need on a new geo? (specific categories/forums).
I can't promise anything (I don't have the last vote on the decision of whether to launch a new geo or not) but it looks like it may make sense to launch a new geo for your area at least at county level.
The e-mail field in your profile doesn't cause your e-mail to display publicly; it's unfortunate HN doesn't make it more clear. You have to add it in the bio section to cause it to be publicly viewable.
The area I'm in is Hiawassee, GA. Craigslist has a Northwest GA section, but could really use a Northeast GA section to cover Union, Lumpkin, White, Habersham, Rabun, and Towns County. Each has several small-ish mountain towns, but no central metro area, even in neighboring states.
Anyways, since I am here and I work at CL: can you send me (email on my profile) information about your city and what would you specifically need on a new geo? (specific categories/forums).
I can't promise anything (I don't have the last vote on the decision of whether to launch a new geo or not) but it looks like it may make sense to launch a new geo for your area at least at county level.