It's quite frustrating.
When talking about the game's two main factions, most people that say they'll be going neutral or their own way say that they'll be siding with 'the People of New Vegas'. Now, this is ALWAYS mentioned by people, but I've never heard this actually confirmed as of yet. Are people just making stupid assumptions or am I an idiot and have missed it mentioned in some sort of interview?
I just don't know why people assume that the people of New Vegas would be opposed to the NCR, and why being neutral automatically means you're siding with the people?

There's 4 paths. NCR, Caesar's Legion, ally with Mr. House, and against Mr. House.

Thanks. Do you know this for sure though? Do you have a source or anything?
I also don't understand how Mr. House could be against the people, as all he seems to do is sit up at the Lucky 38 and ensure the Strip stays in order.
Then again, I don't know the plot, and Mr. House likely has a lot to do with the package and your attempted murder.

The story structure is one of the main differences between Fallout 3 and New Vegas. There was only one main story in Fallout 3; it could go in a few ways, depending on your Karma, but you were hitting the same story beats. New Vegas has a much more non-linear story, and you determine how it plays out. About halfway through, the game presents you with a few “very different possibilities”: you can side with one of two factions, Caesar’s Legion or the New California Republic, or with Mr. House (he’s the overseer of New Vegas; this is the independent route). You can also go against Mr. House and still be independent, “so it’s four paths, but [really] more like three and a half.” There’s some overlap between the paths, but each one has its own unique quest, and “the order in which you do everything is very different depending on which route you go down.”

It hasn't been confirmed that Mr. House himself is a "faction", or that he's against the people of New Vegas. At the moment we only know of three [of the four] factions; NCR, Caesar's Legion, and the People of New Vegas.

I remember hearing that there would be four factions from Larry Liberty in a video months back and confirming that the people of New Vegas is the third of the four factions. Check the Vault news for Fallout: New Vegas, because I personally am not going to rummage through the newsfeed trying to find which video it was.

Edit: Nevermind. Apparently going with or against Mr. House are the remaining two factions.

If its ncr, cl, with house and against house what about people of new vegas? So there's five options?

No, because I think people got the idea of 'People of New Vegas' from being able to side with a faction against House.

If the main story has four paths to choose (ncr, cl, with house, against house) where does people of new vegas fit in?

I already told you. As I said, against House. I think.

Why are the NCR considered "good" compared to CL on the forums?

Why are the NCR considered "good" compared to CL on the forums?

Why are the NCR considered "good" compared to CL on the forums?

It's really funny that everyone is like fawning over the NCR being the "good" guys. If we look more into it, remember that the NCR wants what they think is good for Vegas. They are the people who will offer to protect your city, and if you refuse to let them occupy, they'll come in anyways, with force.

Let's not forget the whole New Reno,Vault City, NCR fiasco.

Yep. But apparently people think they are saintly like the East coast BoS.