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28. Canon City, Colorado

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Thu Oct 4, 2018, 01:15 AM

Oct 2018

Same bad prison vibe

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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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