Back then in the eighties, I guess it was possible to imagine that a town could just become isolated like it did. But co
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davannacarter — 12 years ago(March 20, 2014 04:47 PM)
These small, rural towns are in the Midwest like the one in this movie are dying. Google something like "midwest depopulating" or "midwest dying" or something similar and you'll see lots of reports how rural towns in the midwest are dying. Why are they dying? The jobs are not there. You might love these small towns if you're an introverted shut-in with no social life. But if you're a person who wants a decent job, you'll end up feeling miserable there.
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ElectricWarlock — 12 years ago(March 20, 2014 06:06 PM)
You might love these small towns if you're an introverted shut-in with no social life.
That is actually a VERY accurate description of me and I'm not joking either. How did you know?
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preachcaleb — 10 years ago(October 02, 2015 10:00 AM)
Building some jobs and homes are fine but not every place needs to be a big city.
It does if there are a lot of people moving in.
A little isolation and solitude never hurt anybody.
Didn't the unabomber live in isolation and solitude?
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ElectricWarlock — 10 years ago(October 02, 2015 11:48 AM)
So everyone who prefers quiet and isolation is a bomber? You strike me as one of those city people who thinks everyone in the country is either an ignorant hillbilly or serial killer like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. There can be both countries AND cities, you know. They can coexist. It doesn't have to be one or the other.
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preachcaleb — 10 years ago(October 05, 2015 06:04 AM)
So everyone who prefers quiet and isolation is a bomber?
Not at all. I'm just disproving your "A little isolation and solitude never hurt anybody."
You strike me as one of those city people who thinks everyone in the country is either an ignorant hillbilly or serial killer like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Neither.
They can coexist.
That's my point.
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Patrilot — 10 years ago(October 13, 2015 03:14 AM)
As someone who lives in Nevada, I can tell you there are tiny town, rural towns all over the place. Hell, just outside of Vegas is Goodsprings, has like 2 businesses, one school.. And that's about it. Also, take a drive through Oklahoma. You'll see things a LOT differently.
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Kawada_Kira — 9 years ago(May 03, 2016 04:40 AM)
You're exaggerating. A very large portion of the US population lives in a relatively small proportion of the country. Huge parts of the country are still quite rural and remote. I live in one of them. Not to the extent of the town in this movie, but definitely off the beaten path.
Even smaller and more densely-populated countries, like Japan for example, still have their empty areas. Young people migrate out of small-town rural areas to cities in search of work, and little towns are dying out. I was just reading an article recently about a little town in Japan where this old woman makes these scarecrows and puts them around in public places to remind herself of when people used to live around there. It was kinda sad really. If that can happen in Japan, it can certainly happen in the US which is so many times larger.
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allisonjoys — 9 years ago(May 23, 2016 05:05 PM)
Every summer we drive 3 hours to the ocean down in the south. For two of those hours there's no cell service and one gas station. We pass through a few sad towns and like to joke that if our car broke down it could be the beginning of a horror movie.
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Woodyanders — 1 year ago(February 01, 2025 02:35 PM)
I love the total preposterousness of the premise. The flagrant absurdity of all the adults being slaughtered in a small town without anyone in the world outside of said town ever noticing gives this picture a uniquely ridiculous vintage 1980's cheeseball period charm.
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