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Quincy IL, the capital of Forgottonia. Used to be a bigger city, was destroyed by politics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgottonia https://en.wikipedia.org

• Loughla 7mo ago
  From talking to people there, it seems like Quincy itself was less destroyed by politics and more just sort of left to rot by families with "important names" in the area who are resistant to change. No idea which is accurate, that's just a consistent theme from almost every conversation when I was consulting there.
  • SoftTalker 7mo ago
    Common pattern in small-ish towns, where there is a core of older wealthy people who are stereotypical NIMBYs running everything, and who want to keep their quaint little town as it is. Problem is that forces all the young people to move away to find opportunity, and then 50 years later the town is dying.
    • Loughla 7mo ago
      Yeah if I can add. The lack of anything for someone 18-24 years old there was kind of startling. There is zero incentive for youth to stay in that town other than family, I suppose. But the weird thing was, it was kind of a joke. Nobody took it seriously. They just kind of laughed and rolled their eyes. It was weird.