“ Surely ghosts will follow wherever there is bad record keeping ”
A city obsessed by its ghosts seems to be weighted down by a conflicted view of the past. Something close to melancholy: a weight it can't quite let go of, a lingering sadness. And though we don't often think of the United States in these terms, this melancholy is as much a part of our history as our triumphs.
~ Colin Dickey
Our brains are hardwired to think in terms of place and to associate psychic value or meaning to the places we inhabit.
