"No, I haven't heard of it," Jenny replied, jotting down the name. Inwardly, she thought it was odd, Silent Hill. And kind of strange. "But it wasn't really nice?"
A lot of small towns were worse in a lot of ways in the inner city. At least in Watts a person knew to expect violence, drug use and neglect, that didn't make it easier to deal with, but it was honest. In small towns, the deviations took place behind closed doors and put up a front of perfection.