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| - On the surface, Silent Hill is portrayed as what could be considered an archetypal peaceful New England tourist town for relaxation. Its chief industries are tourism and, to a lesser extent, agriculture. In the first Silent Hill, it is described to be a small town with a population below 30,000 and its key industry, tourism, is in a state of steady decline. However, it is still growing and expanding and may be considered a city by the events of Downpour. Some of the town's conservative residents oppose modernization and the transformation of the town into a tourist attraction.[1]
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| - On the surface, Silent Hill is portrayed as what could be considered an archetypal peaceful New England tourist town for relaxation. Its chief industries are tourism and, to a lesser extent, agriculture. In the first Silent Hill, it is described to be a small town with a population below 30,000 and its key industry, tourism, is in a state of steady decline. However, it is still growing and expanding and may be considered a city by the events of Downpour. Some of the town's conservative residents oppose modernization and the transformation of the town into a tourist attraction.[1] However, Silent Hill is shown to be anything but ordinary. Although Silent Hill appears at a glance to be an innocuous rural town, this has brought about an unexpected darkness of drug distribution. There are many weird stories and nasty rumors surrounding the town, such as Silent Hill being built on an ancient burial ground, Silent Hill being a portal to Hell, people being spirited away, murderers, kidnappers, monsters, ghosts, aliens, etc. Even worse, Silent Hill is home to a horrific supernatural alternate reality called the Fog World and Otherworld which are full of monsters. It is also common to hear air-raid sirens between Fog World and Otherworld shifts. A religious extremist doomsday cult known as the Order exists behind the scenes which is adamant for their return of their God in order to reach Paradise. The Order has been involved with murder, torture, child abuse, and has even convinced parents to dismember, drown, and set their children on fire, believing their sacrifices will appease God. Sinister traditions and rituals continue to be handed down from long ago and are performed in secrecy. However, the Order may be defunct after the events of Homecoming.
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