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  2. Centralia, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Centralia (/ s ɛ n ˈ t r eɪ l i ə / sen-TRAY-li-ə) is a borough and near-ghost town in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States.It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania.Its population declined from 1,000 in 1980 to five residents in 2020 [8] because a coal mine fire has been burning beneath the borough since 1962.

  3. List of fictional settlements - Wikipedia

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    Silent Hill. Maine Silent Hill: Silent Hill is a fictional resort town in Maine, United States. It is the eponymous setting of all games in the Silent Hill franchise. Silver Rock City Need for Speed Payback: Silver Rock City is a fictional city in the United States of America. It is heavily inspired by the city of Las Vegas. South Town Fatal ...

  4. Silent Hill - Wikipedia

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    The town of Silent Hill is a small rural American town imagined by the creative team. It was based on Western literature and films, as well as on depictions of American towns in European and Russian culture. [112] The version of the town from the film adaptations of the first and third games is loosely based on the central Pennsylvania town of ...

  5. List of fictional towns in film - Wikipedia

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    Sexville is a town. The population is 169. Silent Hill, West Virginia Silent Hill: Silent Hill DCP Inc., Davis Films, Konami Silent Hill is a town in Toluca County, West Virginia. Silver Creek, Colorado Misery: MGM, Castle Rock Entertainment: Smalltown The Muppets: Disney The town where Gary, Mary and Walter live. Springwood, Ohio A Nightmare ...

  6. Silent Hill (film) - Wikipedia

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    Avary used the town of Centralia, Pennsylvania as a prototype for the town of Silent Hill; [26] he commented that as a child, his father, who was a mining engineer, used to tell him stories about Centralia, where coal deposits from the local mine caught fire and released toxic gases into the town, as well as creating sinkholes when the ...

  7. The 10 Best Video Games of 2024 - AOL

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    And yet, Silent Hill 2 was one of the year’s biggest surprises, managing to stay true to the same haunting atmosphere of the original while updating the gameplay for a generation of horror ...

  8. ‘True Detective: Night Country’ Is Inspired By a Real Town in ...

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    True Detective: Night Country, Season 4 of the anthology series, is set in a fictional town in Alaska. Here's what to know about the show's real filming location.

  9. Sylvan, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The town was populated during the mid-19th century by mostly Irish immigrants. [citation needed] Currently, there is one cemetery there. Sylvan is located near Jim Edgar Park. A photo of this ghost town was briefly shown in the horror movie Silent Hill. In the film, the town was misspelled as "Sylvane". [citation needed]