gulfflux
A piece that read as the work of someone who reads carefully themselves, and a look at gulfflux continued that informed feel, writers who are also serious readers produce work with a different quality and this site reads as the product of someone steeped in good writing rather than just generating content for an audience.
boldtrendmarket
Speaking from the perspective of a fairly demanding reader the writing here clears the bar consistently, and a look at boldtrendmarket continued clearing that bar, the calibration of demanding reader is something I apply to all sources and this site has been one of the few that handles the demanding reading well across pieces sampled.
urbanrivo
Excellent execution from start to finish, the post never loses its rhythm and the points stay sharp, and a quick stop at urbanrivo kept the same level going, consistency like this across a site is the marker of a serious operation rather than a casual side project running on autopilot somewhere else.