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| - Hagerstown, Maryland (A.K.A. Failuretown) is a ghost town located in Maryland's scenic "Valley of Failed Industrial Towns". Other towns in this valley include Martinsburg, Greencastle, and for a split-second due to a space-time anomaly, Pittsburgh (or is it Pittsburg? Pitsburhg? Forget about it). Travelers on I-70 can see an exit that is marked as "Hagerstown", but really all there is there is a bunch of old (and inexplicably still open) malls and farm fields. However,the more daring motorist can venture into the ancient ruins of the city of Hagerstown, and explore the crumbling ruins. Hagerstown is currently a lawless wasteland in which some are still found scavenging for their survival in the streets. However, until recently it was the seat of the expansive (if you squinch your eyes a little) Hagerlian Empire, during which time it was, as mentioned before, a blossoming industrial city.
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