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We all have to come from somewhere, but some of us are more willing to go back to visit our hometowns than others.

In all honesty, it's easier to put the past behind us than to reminisce.


Redditor drax3012 asked:

"What is your town infamous for?"

Segregated Schools

"Being one of the last cities in Texas to desegregate schools (1995). We also have a big bike race."

- Pie_Investor

101 Dalmatians Reference

"Mine has the largest working fire hydrant in Texas, but it is also a gift from the '101st Dalmation' movie being released."

- Inevitable_Cook2294

Rampant Racism

"The town I grew up in was infamous as the town the farthest north with an active KKK chapter. Secondary claims to fame: About 70% Polish immigrants and the fact that the leader of the American Nazi party was the Republican nominee for the house a few years ago."

"Those last two are kind of paradoxical if you think about the irony of Polish immigrants mainly supporting the Nazi party."

- pesky-pretzel

Trending Debt

"Being the first major metropolitan city to go into bankruptcy and receivership."

"Oh, and for a mayor who stole money from the taxpayers, cheated on his wife with strippers, and may have also killed a stripper."

"Oh, and we are also infamous for eight-mile, AKA the street that now has a bunch of weed dispensaries on it."

- BumpyDenny93

Terrible Traffic

"Infamous? It's generally thought of as racist with really bad traffic and hot weather."

"But in reality, it's not that racist, and the weather is OK, but yeah, the traffic is actually even worse than people think."

- Slimetusk

Those Fall Parties

"Oktoberfest... the Canadian version."

- HampsterGriffin

How Tragic

"A big ship that sank on her first go out."

- punkerster101

Myths Born Overnight

"Drunk hillbillies having a gunfight with aliens."

"No, seriously."

"I don't really have an inside scoop. It was 13 years before I was born, and 30 years before I lived here."

"Locally, it seems to be a humorously shameful anecdote. There is a 'festival' every year, but it serves as a showcase for small businesses/gospel singers/politicians/etc from the area."

"Personally, I'm a big fan of all things supernatural and cryptid. And I probably believe more than the average person... but this story."

"Probably horned owls and moonshine."

- darthjenkins

Random Shoes

"Well, not just the place I'm from, but random feet in sneakers washing up on shore. Has been happening for decades now."

"Thought to be a result of people who died in the ocean, their bodies eventually coming apart, and the buoyant sneakers keeping their feet afloat to wash up, but there are of course some much creepier theories."

- Youpunyhumans

Somewhere in the Midwest

"More cows than people."

- sleepyJoesBidet

An Introvert's Nightmare

"The happiest place on earth that packs you in like sardines."

- boopcorgi

An Extrovert's Nightmare

"It's so boring, even introverts are moving away."

- Omasrealaccount

About That...

"We kinda started the Civil War…"

- JDubya_Rx

A Haunting Education

"Our schools(allegedly) were modeled off of prisons in the 1960s, and a lot of ghost stories. So many that a book was made just listing all of them."

- Global_Box_7935

Dark Days

"Largest mass execution in US history."

- universeforinfinity3

Not every town has the darkest history, but it must be rough to have grown up in a town with an infamous past.

At least those who are aware of the history will be less likely to repeat it.

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