A couple months ago I happened to run across the GringoTree, an “information service” of Cuenca High Life, available on this page: http://cuencahighlife.com/default.aspx. It is in essence a community bulletin board, with announcements of events, recommendations of people who provide a wide variety of services, occasional rental notices, items for sale, and much more. It is an amazing resource for anyone who lives in Cuenca. I have been trying to find a comparable service in Quito. Is there anything that is remotely similar to it there? The GringoTree is so useful that it might be the deciding factor on where I will ultimately live.