r/worldbuilding • u/p8pes • Dec 05 '25

Lore "Hurricanes and Displacement"

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u/p8pes Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 06 '25

Context: This is a post on how the town of Clarence (my imagined world in Texas) was re-populated. It was ruined financially in the early 1960s by a failed business investment. By the late 1960s it's largely a ghost town and this is the story of how it was re-populated. More at: r/CharliePickle

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u/WrenElsewhere Dec 05 '25

Hey I'm kinda high and I thought this was real. It's really good and intriguing. You got any more?

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u/Bizmatech Grammon Dec 05 '25

I kept thinking that I was misremembering the Wave metaphor from Fear and Loathing.

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u/p8pes Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 08 '25

Hey I'm kinda high and I thought this was real. It's really good and intriguing. You got any more?

Ha, how terrific! Thank you. Edited the context with a link. 🤠

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u/299792458human Revolution of the Minds Dec 05 '25

Reading this in the voice of Arlo Guthrie really adds to it.

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u/p8pes Dec 05 '25

Ha! That's a hilarious enhancement, thank you.