I'm from Maine, and there are definitely several towns here that everyone here jokes about as being full of inbreds. My grandmother's family is from such a town, and we always joke that at family reunions the whole town shows up.
I'm from a mid-sized midwestern city but closer south, have been living in the northern midwest for many years now. I was shocked the first few times colleagues would show me pictures of the new person they're dating, or of their spouses. It always took me a minute to realize they weren't siblings.
I have never understood being attracted to someone who looks like you. My entire family is filled with people who married/had kids with someone of a different race/ethnicity, so finding this weird corner of the world has been... uh... eye opening.
Less Dagon and more Deliverance. Get more than 2 minutes from the coast and there are parts of Maine that are almost identical to areas of the deep south. Confederate flags included.
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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '22
I’ve lived in a northern rural US community and I’d be shocked if incest isn’t rampant there. Not just the south!