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I wrote a book called “Crap Towns”. It seemed funny at the time

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395 points url | 1 comments | 26 Apr 25 00:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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bryanrasmussen ◴[26 Apr 25 01:41 UTC] No.43800158[source]▶
In my experience there are only a few cities in the U.S that literate people are proud enough to live in, that they would be insulted that you put that into your crap town book.

Thus I wonder what demographic that at one time would have bought this book is not going to be buying this book now.

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stryan ◴[26 Apr 25 01:46 UTC] No.43800185[source]▶
Considering the book is about "crap towns" in the UK, I imagine it could be a very different demographic than the one you're thinking of
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1. bryanrasmussen ◴[26 Apr 25 10:29 UTC] No.43802391[source]▶
hmm, maybe. In the U.S you have often the person who moved from a 'crap' town to some place they consider great, who gets really emotional about the crappiness they escaped to be able to think freely and the like. And often these people are the ones I would think of as customers for a book like this, and if their new town isn't in the book they certainly won't be offended.