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Old 01-25-2011, 11:00 AM
 
Location: Irving, Texas
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Which city is the best city for pagans/wiccans/heathens ? Definitely no where near the bible belt, that much I know ...
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Old 01-25-2011, 11:59 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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Las Vegas or Los Angeles.
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Old 01-25-2011, 12:54 PM
 
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Miami has its share of Voodoo and Santeria
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Old 01-25-2011, 12:56 PM
 
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Washington DC. Try K Street...

Oh sorry, those are mostly satanists, not pagans.
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Old 01-25-2011, 01:10 PM
 
Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
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Salem Mass! The witch trial hysteria from the 1600's has lived on here for centuries. There are several practicing Wiccans here and Salem has even capitalized on Halloween. There is more Wiccan influence is Salem than anwhere else in the US for sure.

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Old 01-25-2011, 10:28 PM
 
Location: 30-40°N 90-100°W
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New York City, specifically Queens, has a Neo-Pagan on their City council and oddly enough he's a Tea Party supporter! (Meaning if the Republicans of a city will accept a worshiper of Odin it must be fairly accepting)

'Heathen' Halloran Captures Council Seat | The New York Observer

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, of all places, apparently has two Pagan festivals. Perhaps less surprising the Atlanta, Georgia area also has two such festivals.

List of festivals in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The San Francisco Bay Area, Eugene in Oregon, and maybe Madison, Wisconsin look to have a fair amount of this. Not sure why I'm trying to help, but...
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Old 01-25-2011, 11:26 PM
 
Location: Savannah GA
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Hell, Michigan
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Old 01-27-2011, 09:40 AM
 
Location: san francisco
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I'll bet a million bucks San Francisco is the #1 city in terms of pagan cities that Bible Belt cities refer. It's even been compared to Sodom.... if you can get the implications........

Then Los Angeles comes right after, being referred to as the Gomorrah.

New York would be Babylon... coming at third.
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Old 01-27-2011, 09:57 AM
 
Location: Southbury, CT
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Default Salem mass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is also a very charming historic city on the waterfront.

We visit there every October for haunted happenings.

A great town!!

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Old 01-28-2011, 05:22 AM
 
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Salem Mass! The witch trial hysteria from the 1600's has lived on here for centuries. There are several practicing Wiccans here and Salem has even capitalized on Halloween. There is more Wiccan influence is Salem than anwhere else in the US for sure.
Completely agreed. Salem is by far the best choice -- I've never been to another place, and find it hard to imagine that there is another place, where the culture seemed centered on paganism. It's the first thing you'll notice when you visit. There are "Blessed Be" signs everywhere.

The first time I was there, I thought it was weird that Salem would become a center for Wicca -- kind of like Oświęcim, Poland, becoming a bustling capital of Jewish culture. But it's happened nonetheless, so get thee to Salem.
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