I know Green gets wet everytime someone mentions it, but i was just curious what the backstory was behind it, and what it was for.

<ul><li><a href="http://www.craigslist.org/about/mission.and.history.html">Craig List</a></li></ul>

I've found an apartment via it, and my last car, sold numerous things real quick and easy, and found some awesome hiking trails from the site...

And for the history, read Jody's post

i was looking through it last night, and it was pretty simple. No bs, and that is cool with me.