In an update to our previous Foursquare post, friend-of-the-site Bill Streeter at the Riverfront Times actually got Foursquare to answer an email [Editor’s Note: Well la-de-da!].

So I sent Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley an email and asked him when they planned on launching in St. Louis. He emailed me back almost immediately. He said that they were just a two man operation that was a little overwhelmed by the sudden popularity to Foursquare and they were scrambling to hire help to expand. He said that ideally they would like to launch in St. Louis in time for the start of the school year, but it seems more realistic that it won’t happen until the end of October or maybe later.

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There are 2 things that are up pretty high on the cool list these days: 1. Mobile apps (in particular the iPhone) and 2. location apps.  The problem?  Foursquare, the “cool kid” in the mobile location game space is still, at this time, not available for St. Louis!  Why Foursquare?!  Why!

What is Foursquare?  From their site:

We’re all about helping you find new ways to explore the city.

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