Neocities.org

I would also be interested in the creation of a neighborhood that is strictly 'personal/blog' sites.

the closest i've seen is south beach

same here

SouthBeach and Heartland are both catch-all neighborhoods...

Don't be put off by the old GeoCities heartland description... It ended up being one of the most populous of the neighborhoods filled with personal homepages on a variety of all things. Like a small town you can find just all kinds of things in Heartland! Also the neighborhood descriptions are more just guidelines no one is going to enforce them. /You/ decide where you want your page listed.