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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,155 posts) Wed Oct 3, 2018, 04:30 PM Oct 2018

Are there any towns that you've been to or through where you get a feeling of bad mojo? [View all]

When I say "bad mojo", I don't mean that they are necessarily economically depressed or suffering from some sort of social upheaval.

Rather, I mean you just get some sort of unspoken sense that a lot of people in the town are harboring secrets, or there's a dark past to the place that not brought up, or everything in town feels joyless, or you simply feel unwelcome or not at ease as an outsider.

Or you just feel generally creeped out going through there and can't say exactly why.

Again, it's more of a feeling than actually being told.

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Are there any towns that you've been to or through where you get a feeling of bad mojo? [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2018 OP

Amarillo Texas Sedona Oct 2018 #1

A few weeks ago I was sitting in a bar in Amarillo. BluesRunTheGame Oct 2018 #14

Driving through the Texas panhandle in the eighties. byronius Oct 2018 #2

Yes, but only two. flying_wahini Oct 2018 #3

Ha!! I live just a few miles from Aberdeen... pnwest Oct 2018 #36

I just drove through Aberdeen a few days ago. nolabear Oct 2018 #84

There is a town south of Tallahassee, can't remember its name, where rzemanfl Oct 2018 #4

i wonder how they knew OriginalGeek Oct 2018 #9

Most of Mississippi is like that. Other Southern states too. Hoyt Oct 2018 #5

I love those Mississippi small towns. nolabear Oct 2018 #85

I get it. Went to a rural town in Georgia today for a fall festival. Probably 20 old Hoyt Oct 2018 #86

ROTFL!!! Take a guess where I grew up... nolabear Oct 2018 #87

Does it begin with a P? Well, based upon a sample of two, I'd say 50% from Hoyt Oct 2018 #88

It's a little shipyard town. I actually lived there from nine to seventeen. nolabear Oct 2018 #89

All of Alabama PJMcK Oct 2018 #6

Innsmouth Cartoonist Oct 2018 #7

Beat me to it. n/t malthaussen Oct 2018 #48

Argh, I got here too late. nt Codeine Oct 2018 #82

See my post below about Montesano, Washington. Aristus Oct 2018 #98

When I was a kid...Leavenworth, WA used to freak me out. Tikki Oct 2018 #8

Red Bluff California Kilgore Oct 2018 #10

Kilgore, wow....what a story... Upthevibe Oct 2018 #23

:) I'm an age of reason and age of science -type person. Hortensis Oct 2018 #59

Site of Native CA slaughter in 1850s as well flibbitygiblets Oct 2018 #34

I nearly died of dehydration in Red Bluff a number of years ago. Aristus Oct 2018 #99

I like Red Bluff. defacto7 Oct 2018 #107

Corbin, Kentucky MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #11

Vacaville, California Brother Buzz Oct 2018 #12

Prison towns seem especially susceptible to bad mojo. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2018 #13

I grew up close to San Quentin and there was never any bad mojo that I could sense Brother Buzz Oct 2018 #17

Canon City, Colorado CanonRay Oct 2018 #28

The Canon City prison has something of a storied past, I guess Brother Buzz Oct 2018 #37

I'm guessing you're in Dixon? padfun Oct 2018 #54

Same with Lompoc, CA and McGill, NV... 2naSalit Oct 2018 #93

Carbondale, PA... First Speaker Oct 2018 #15

We have a mountain house not too far from Carbondale PJMcK Oct 2018 #65

Ive been thru few The Genealogist Oct 2018 #16

Hutchison,Garden City and Wichita Kansas, The Figment Oct 2018 #18

Wow, my stomping grounds TlalocW Oct 2018 #53

Washington, DC. kwassa Oct 2018 #19

Interesting. I love D.C. Never felt weird there. nt Grasswire2 Oct 2018 #56

Growing up near DC was weird. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2018 #83

Cassadaga, Florida (in the mid 70s) OilemFirchen Oct 2018 #20

I remember Cassedaga. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2018 #46

I was a Volusia County Sherriff's dispatcher at the time. OilemFirchen Oct 2018 #47

Thanks for the laughs, you guys. Hortensis Oct 2018 #60

Springfield RLC1 Oct 2018 #21

I see what you did there. Leghorn21 Oct 2018 #33

LOL! elleng Oct 2018 #52

Could have sworn it was Fairfield! 2naSalit Oct 2018 #94

I can't remember the city, but... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2018 #22

This is a cool thread...I'm wracking my brain to try to remember Upthevibe Oct 2018 #24

Also... Paint Creek Lake, OH. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2018 #25

Can I call Missourri a town? JDC Oct 2018 #26

Window Rock Arizona Wellstone ruled Oct 2018 #27

Auburn Alabama ! RTR! stonecutter357 Oct 2018 #29

I drove to the 2015 Sugar Bowl (Alabama vs. Ohio State), and I was amazed... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2018 #31

Yes, the town I live in. Doreen Oct 2018 #30

I felt that around the twin towers a year before they came down. tavernier Oct 2018 #32

That's just NYC. nt zanana1 Oct 2018 #64

1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, 94025 violetpastille Oct 2018 #35

For me, the entire Phoenix metro area. Humans pnwest Oct 2018 #38

Mokelumne Hill, California. I spent a night there, it's a ghost town, when our car broke down. Liberty Belle Oct 2018 #39

OMG I stayed at that hotel too! flibbitygiblets Oct 2018 #43

Small world! We were there in the 90s, don't recall the exact year. Liberty Belle Oct 2018 #73

Spent the first night of a doomed first marriage at the Mokelumne Hotel. PufPuf23 Oct 2018 #70

Berlin, Germany, before the wall came down. I felt like I'd died there in a past life (if such fierywoman Oct 2018 #40

The Microsoft campus in Redmond WA gives me the same feeling (way too much fierywoman Oct 2018 #41

Oklahoma City. Nothing against the citizens, though. Laffy Kat Oct 2018 #42

Ave Maria Fla. A mixture of the Twilight Zone and Stepford Wives. Got such a bad vibe we had to Cousin Dupree Oct 2018 #44

I've never actually been there... llmart Oct 2018 #104

Well you don't need to visit Ave Maria because you have it nailed. Creepy as hell. Cousin Dupree Oct 2018 #106

It was a long time ago, Tangier discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2018 #45

My City, USA. Baitball Blogger Oct 2018 #49

Jetmore, Kansas!! lastlib Oct 2018 #50

Covelo California WhiteTara Oct 2018 #51

Paradise Texas. Grasswire2 Oct 2018 #55

Attica, NY. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2018 #57

Colorado City, Az, home of the polygamous Mormon sects Bradshaw3 Oct 2018 #58

Culpepper, Virginia. Tucker08087 Oct 2018 #61

Here's the thing: There once WAS a classic homey hotel in the center of town. no_hypocrisy Oct 2018 #62

That was definitely NOT it! Tucker08087 Oct 2018 #101

Clarification: I was there 45 years ago. It went to seed since then. no_hypocrisy Oct 2018 #112

I remember driving through Culpeper when I was younger. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2018 #68

We passed through for hiking, too. Tucker08087 Oct 2018 #100

Just walk into a diner in any small, northern town in NH. zanana1 Oct 2018 #63

That happened to me in Boonsboro, Maryland. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2018 #67

Cafe/Gun Shop! zanana1 Oct 2018 #79

Ft Smith, Arkansas left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 #66

Aberdeen WA cemaphonic Oct 2018 #69

Sun City, AZ Kali Oct 2018 #71

My 99%+ straight white affluent Christian hometown, the one I suffered from second grade... hunter Oct 2018 #72

Certain parts of PA... LuckyCharms Oct 2018 #74

That could be me. Harker Oct 2018 #80

There are many places in PA that have that aura. femmocrat Oct 2018 #96

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Stockton, California SHRED Oct 2018 #76

Second that . Blech. flibbitygiblets Oct 2018 #81

Yes. Battle Ground WA. Tavarious Jackson Oct 2018 #77

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Vidar TX - Greensboro NC jpak Oct 2018 #91

Georgia wiley Oct 2018 #92

Fryeburg, Maine. 2naSalit Oct 2018 #95

Montesano, Washington. Aristus Oct 2018 #97

East St. Louis, IL. greatauntoftriplets Oct 2018 #102

Ossining NY redstateblues Oct 2018 #103

The one I'm in right now! Claremont, NH 03743 Mopar151 Oct 2018 #105

I think this is all about history and the people defacto7 Oct 2018 #108

Two, for very different reasons. Los Alamos NM, and Mesa AZ. TygrBright Oct 2018 #109

New Orleans BBG Oct 2018 #110

How interesting! Opposite for me - gives me sense of joy and finding"home" of sorts...but then Kashkakat v.2.0 Oct 2018 #115

Little Rock, 1969 Cicada Oct 2018 #111

East Berlin (while it existed) DFW Oct 2018 #113

Tilbury T_i_B Oct 2018 #114

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