oh but its so pretty.
If you've never lived in a historic town, this is going to be informative.
Let's start with Ellicott City, MD.
Ellicott City
All historic towns are hotbeds for criminal activity. Period. That's right grandma, this is not a quaint lakeside haven preserved from the 1800s. It's where all the meth addicts live and build their labs. Remember the house that exploded last year?
there are slight differences of course.
Elliott City is built into a rocky ledge outside of Baltimore MD. While it can be a fun party town, it is also home to countless hippies, and hippie-gone-outdoor-adventurer. True to form, the workforce in the town is stoned high school and college kids.
Annapolis
part atlantic tourist town complete with postcard giftshops and saltwater taffy, part naval academia junk, part hoity toity coffee shop, dark irish bar, book store combinations.
The surroundings old houses downtown are mostly for show. preserved colonial houses and givernment buildings. The townies are a much rowdier bunch. Annapolis has had a booming music scene for 10+ years now.
Yet, the scum of the earth mills around the waterside. 40s in paper bags, one hitters, crack pipes, and the Maryland hall high school battle of the bands.
most people fall into only one of those categories, but they all mingle together.
mt dora
a cesspool. America's top antique town. Plus meth labs and cracked out restaurant exmployees. welcome, eldery.
Every fancy restaurant, tea room, quilt shop, and antique mall is employed almost exclusively by felons, addicts, teenage parents, and others whose lives have sputtered to a standstill. Every life swallowed up by a historic town mocks the very stagnancy of the town itself.
There are some exceptions. These towns fall into two categories: ones not worth visiting, and those who hide their underbelly well.
The former: nor worth visiting: Eustis, FL
Apopka, FL
Asbury Park, NJ
Detroit, MI
lets just avoid.
as for those places who succeed in hiding it, it is unclear exactly how much damage has been done.
lets consult
park avanue: winter park fl
St Augustine, FL
it must really depend on the economic status of the inhabitants in the area. Tourism only supports the area to a certain degree and unless there are gucci store on the strip in the historic town. things are probably going downhill. Historic towns do little to bolster the economic growth of their inhabitants or themselves, so you cant logically expect a redneck town with a shiny exterior to suddenly be ran by doctors and lawyers. The towns themselves often eep the people down by putting laws into place restricting new larger businesses (and new, better jobs) from coming into town. Sounds kinda weird. Then again, it's not that anyone is asking for a walmart. Just a living wage.
why dont people see these places for what they really are. it's like youre in a stupor wen you visit... oh loook how pretty that building is...step over drunk hobo...and a tea house! oh! lets get out fortunes told!! and buy a bong, err tobacco pipe, and then go to a wine bar. oh ! oh! oh!
Let's start with Ellicott City, MD.
Ellicott City
All historic towns are hotbeds for criminal activity. Period. That's right grandma, this is not a quaint lakeside haven preserved from the 1800s. It's where all the meth addicts live and build their labs. Remember the house that exploded last year?
there are slight differences of course.
Elliott City is built into a rocky ledge outside of Baltimore MD. While it can be a fun party town, it is also home to countless hippies, and hippie-gone-outdoor-adventurer. True to form, the workforce in the town is stoned high school and college kids.
Annapolis
part atlantic tourist town complete with postcard giftshops and saltwater taffy, part naval academia junk, part hoity toity coffee shop, dark irish bar, book store combinations.
The surroundings old houses downtown are mostly for show. preserved colonial houses and givernment buildings. The townies are a much rowdier bunch. Annapolis has had a booming music scene for 10+ years now.
Yet, the scum of the earth mills around the waterside. 40s in paper bags, one hitters, crack pipes, and the Maryland hall high school battle of the bands.
most people fall into only one of those categories, but they all mingle together.
mt dora
a cesspool. America's top antique town. Plus meth labs and cracked out restaurant exmployees. welcome, eldery.
Every fancy restaurant, tea room, quilt shop, and antique mall is employed almost exclusively by felons, addicts, teenage parents, and others whose lives have sputtered to a standstill. Every life swallowed up by a historic town mocks the very stagnancy of the town itself.
There are some exceptions. These towns fall into two categories: ones not worth visiting, and those who hide their underbelly well.
The former: nor worth visiting: Eustis, FL
Apopka, FL
Asbury Park, NJ
Detroit, MI
lets just avoid.
as for those places who succeed in hiding it, it is unclear exactly how much damage has been done.
lets consult
park avanue: winter park fl
St Augustine, FL
it must really depend on the economic status of the inhabitants in the area. Tourism only supports the area to a certain degree and unless there are gucci store on the strip in the historic town. things are probably going downhill. Historic towns do little to bolster the economic growth of their inhabitants or themselves, so you cant logically expect a redneck town with a shiny exterior to suddenly be ran by doctors and lawyers. The towns themselves often eep the people down by putting laws into place restricting new larger businesses (and new, better jobs) from coming into town. Sounds kinda weird. Then again, it's not that anyone is asking for a walmart. Just a living wage.
why dont people see these places for what they really are. it's like youre in a stupor wen you visit... oh loook how pretty that building is...step over drunk hobo...and a tea house! oh! lets get out fortunes told!! and buy a bong, err tobacco pipe, and then go to a wine bar. oh ! oh! oh!