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Map Of America's Scary Things: In NY, Son Of Sam Is Scarier Than Rent Prices
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Ben Yakas
Published Oct 21, 2011
Modified Oct 21, 2011
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Is Son Of Sam the scariest person/thing to terrorize New York ever? Yes he is according to Pleated Jeans, who you may recall from the United States Of Shame map earlier this year. We can't help but feel a little underwhelmed: while hipsters roam Oregon, potato bugs terrorizes Idaho, and Zombie William Faulkner haunts Mississippi, NY is stuck with David Berkowitz. What about rent prices? Giant mutant rats? The constant underlying fear of another terror attack? What about packs of wild, hyper-articulate, nihilistic TEENAGERS???
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