[UA] Re: American Chakras

[James Ganong]

I think I'd put the chakras in weird little out of the way places.  A
few examples:

Hamtramck, Michigan:  founded in the early 20th century by Polish
immigrants, it was once the largest Polish city in the world.  It is
completely surrounded by Detroit, but remains a city in its own right.
The older inhabitants still speak a weird hybrid dialect of English &
Polish.  

The Company Town:  I'm blanking on the name, but NPR (a great source for
real world weirdness) reported on a town that was inhabited by more
corporations than human beings;  it had been a bit of unincorporated
land which several companies seized upon for tax purposes.
There are offices, fast food places, etc, but only about 12 people
actually live there.  A city where legal (fictional) people outnumber
the living--some weird urbanomantic nexus?

How about the towns where they have the weird tourist things, like the
Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota?

I know Chicago was the heart, but what if the heart was simply in
Chicago, embodied in some weird little neighborhood?


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