She thinks it's more about an attitude than about geography. She's identified 10 features of hyperlocal:
1. The author's participation.
2. The blurring of opinion and fact.
3. The community's participation.
4. Small in scale but large in impact.
5. Medium-agnostic.
6. Obsessive.
7. Independent.
8. Link-loving.
9. Passion.
10. Frugal and economically fledgling.
Are there others? What do you think?