Why do they depict small town America as dangerous in movies?

[Berserker13]

I don't shake over it I just think it's weird. But hey I dont fuck my cousins maybe you're right, I'm the weird one.

You think that type of stuff doesn't go down on the rez?

 

[mozfonky]

You think that type of stuff doesn't go down on the rez?

I'm sure it does, they're rural as fuck, feral too and like I tell my brother about our village, they ain't up to no good.

 

[FyrFytr998]

I watched IT part 2 and in the beginning the gay couple got beat up by some guys. I notice a trend in movies and shows where they portray small towns in America is super dangerous. Like guys in flannel shirts and drive pick ups are violent people. Pretty sure small towns have 1% of the crime in big cities.

Film always setting up small towns like the “Sunset Towns” of the South. Bunch a killer Red Necks and KKK members.

 

[rocketskates]

More demented in what way?

I mean, just look at Ed Gein, Donald Bloom, the Texarkana serial killer. There’s many more. And plots push further in rural or small towns. For example: It…a small town would completely shut down for a killer clown on the loose, but Times Square would still be packed if a killer clown were in Manhattan.

Crimes are a much bigger deal in smaller towns, mostly because everyone seems to know each other, or at least know of one another.

 

[Berserker13]

I'm sure it does, they're rural as fuck, feral too and like I tell my brother about our village, they ain't up to no good.

I see what your problem is now...

It's called projection

 

[mozfonky]

I see what your problem is now...

It's called projection

Nevermind that, hey can you teach me how to lasso?

 

[ObsoleteSoul]

It is just a plot device, man. Like the monster under the nicely made bed. Just showing that evil exists everywhere.

You might be looking into it a bit too much

 

[Bacco]

As foreigner, tv depiction of america is like

big city -> gang shit everywhere 24/7, occasional russian or sicilian cartoon level mafia boss

small city -> shit you would expect in big city, bikers, plus white-balding-glasses guy with mom issue who's serial killer

small town -> normal people and high school athletes doing crimes plus bunch street criminals everybody knows what they do

rural area -> rednecks going crazy 24/7 and sheriff is father/uncle of the criminals

sunny places -> people lose cartels drugs and cartels don't like it

woods -> wild serial killers waiting you're about to fuck a girl

 

[plataoplombo]

Almost got ambushed in Sierra Blanca, TX years ago. Also, when I was traveling through Italy, people in small towns like to stare. So yeah, some give off creep vibes but most are fine.

 

[eddymotto]

OP should start watching Hallmark movies.

By reputation, every one of them is a variation of a big city woman returning to her small town roots, getting banged like a drum, and never leaving.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

I watched IT part 2 and in the beginning the gay couple got beat up by some guys.

Small towns are dangerous.... for the gays.

 

[nonoob]

Left-leaning Hollywood types are the ones writing the script. Some of them have probably never been in a small town, and even if they did their bias might make them misinterpret innocuous events as being threatening.

BINGO - it's constantly done to hide the reality that...
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More murders happen daily in Chicago alone than in ALL small towns combined.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Try that in a small town?

 

[SirRealKiller]

As foreigner, tv depiction of america is like

big city -> gang shit everywhere 24/7, occasional russian or sicilian cartoon level mafia boss

small city -> shit you would expect in big city, bikers, plus white-balding-glasses guy with mom issue who's serial killer

small town -> normal people and high school athletes doing crimes plus bunch street criminals everybody knows what they do

rural area -> rednecks going crazy 24/7 and sheriff is father/uncle of the criminals

sunny places -> people lose cartels drugs and cartels don't like it

woods -> wild serial killers waiting you're about to fuck a girl

Big Cities do have a lot of crime and that's where most organized crime is so not far off.

Funny enough there are quite a lot of black serial killers, but yeah, they make it out that it's only a white guy thing.

Small towns, typically the types if crime are different. There is not as much violent crime, but you have a lot of drunk driving. Hunting and fishing violations. Yes, kids get bored and fuck around and get in trouble sometimes too. And there is a growing issue with Meth labs. Rural folks and small town folks are about same people as there are small towns everywhere in the rural areas of the US. Not as many of the stereotypical rednecks as TV make out but there are some. And yes, sometimes the sheriff's relatives are involved but not usually corrupt like in the movies.

Small towns/rural areas generally do not have gangs, road rage incidents, armed robberies....ect.

 

[mozfonky]

Big Cities do have a lot of crime and that's where most organized crime is so not far off.

Funny enough there are quite a lot of black serial killers, but yeah, they make it out that it's only a white guy thing.

Small towns, typically the types if crime are different. There is not as much violent crime, but you have a lot of drunk driving. Hunting and fishing violations. Yes, kids get bored and fuck around and get in trouble sometimes too. And there is a growing issue with Meth labs. Rural folks and small town folks are about same people as there are small towns everywhere in the rural areas of the US. Not as many of the stereotypical rednecks as TV make out but there are some. And yes, sometimes the sheriff's relatives are involved but not usually corrupt like in the movies.

Small towns/rural areas generally do not have gangs, road rage incidents, armed robberies....ect.

how small are small towns in your opinion.

I can say I notice a difference, huge, just from seattle to tacoma. And both are fairly big. Tacoma, drivers are nuttier, much less people out and about and the workers in fast food places are Americans in tacoma. People are much more blue collar in tacoma.

 

[method115]

I watched IT part 2 and in the beginning the gay couple got beat up by some guys. I notice a trend in movies and shows where they portray small towns in America is super dangerous. Like guys in flannel shirts and drive pick ups are violent people. Pretty sure small towns have 1% of the crime in big cities.

I wouldn't really describe someone getting beat up as a dangerous town. I moved around a lot when I was a kid and people getting beat up was normal. You knew it was different when someone pulled out a knife, or a drive by happened. That's when I consider it dangerous.
I doubt most people in small towns are going to the police cause they got beat up.

 

[mozfonky]

I wouldn't really describe someone getting beat up as a dangerous town. I moved around a lot when I was a kid and people getting beat up was normal. You knew it was different when someone pulled out a knife, or a drive by happened. That's when I consider it dangerous.
I doubt most people in small towns are going to the police cause they got beat up.

the gay agendaers milk the gay killings in small towns, make movies about them, so, i guess they do happen. Matthew Sheppard, that one movie girls don't cry.

 

[jimbob27]

I don't think IT is a great example.

In the book it explains in great detail how pennywise is so evil and insidious he's infected the whole town with his poison. I'm not sure the new films explained this very well, they were very light on the lore from the book.

 

[mozfonky]

Almost got ambushed in Sierra Blanca, TX years ago. Also, when I was traveling through Italy, people in small towns like to stare. So yeah, some give off creep vibes but most are fine.

for what reason? I knew a mexican guy who said he went to visit his hometown somewhere in the southwest. He was probably 55 at the time and he was just recounting how hard it was as a man to have people try to stare you down and ignore it. Sounded weird.

When I'm in Fairbanks, it's not long before I lose my temper, but it's not for the same reasons. There is a caste system and because they know what a Native looks like, they know I'm one and they do try to talk down to me because that's just what that community does. I guess everywhere you go there are going to be some differences. There are the good things, women aren't scared of men up there, even if they aren't so great looking and people are encouraged to help each other because of the topography. It's weird because a lot of people running from the law in the "lower 48" go there and I was surprised that Anchorage had one of the highest crime rates in the country.

the big city grant anonymity for all the tradeoffs of small town bullshit.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Never had guns or bats drawn on me in the city. Too many times to count in the country, maybe I just happened to live where all the violent societal rejects were.