Gaycities.com - Guide to Gay-Friendly Establishments

Gaycities is pretty much exactly as its name implies -- a site to find gay-friendly establishments, hotels, restaurants, neighborhoods in cities throughout the US. It also offers a social networking feature, with profiles and messaging, etc. A quick look at the GayCity-San Diego guide offered a quite appealing review for gays, which I was happy to read since it's my hometown, as well as some reviews and recommendations of restaurants, hotels and places to visit. They have these city-specific gay guides for almost all the major US cities and a few in Canada, and the amount of recommendations is really based on the amount of user feedback. The site seems quite popular, and of course the home page highlights the largest gay events going on at this time.

"Welcome to GayCities, your guide to gay bars, restaurants, hotels and events in cities across the US and Canada. With your help, GayCities can be the most comprehensive gay city guide so you know where to go and what the crowd is like."

This site is already gaining quite a bit of traction, and it should be commended for its lighthearted approach to reviewing US cities. The information was useful and practical, while also creative and fun.

Who is their main competition? Do they have many writers or is most of the content user-generated? Do people really use the site for social networking, or is it better used as a guide to find a good restaurant, bar, hotel, club, etc.?