I live about 15mins away from Salem, MA and for the most part I love the town. Its a small city with a big history. I enjoy it for the atmosphere and for the most part there are many shops within waking distance of each other that cater to my lifestyle and interest. Game stores, army/navy (lots of cool stuff in here if you've never been in one), comic book shops, and all other kinds of "nick-nackery" [lev].
Its a very nice place, but it wasn't until yesterday, when my friend and I caught a bite to eat in the down town area that it came to me. At the corner of Essex and Washington there's a statue of Elizabeth Montgomery, the actress who played Samantha in the tv series Bewitched. The statue is of her on a broomstick flying past the moon. It was then that I realized that there are a lot things in the city that glorify and profit off of the deaths of innocent people during the witch trials. This statue was just in bad taste.
There are many places in the city that try to educate people on the history of the city, but then again there's a lot that works against this.
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