*Apologies for the lengthiness but I gotta explain so I don't appear idiotic or too nerdy*
So yeh, I did a search before making this and didn't see any similar posts. If there is one, bring on the flames because all forums typically repeat anyway. Hopefully, this hasn't been discussed a billion times but I'm new here and personally wouldn't give a bumbler's ass if it was. I'm curious to see some ideas and how they relate to my own!
Anyways, I remember there being some tips/hints in the books as to the locations of old, dilapidated cities (relating to cities in our current time) but nothing particularly set in stone besides End World Topeka, KS. I've always been a huge fan of "The world going to crap" type of ideas starting with... the always amazing... Mad MAX BABAY, Yeah! It's been awhile since I've completed all seven books so please keep the post going with new ideas if you'd like because some of the locations have slipped my mind.
For starters though:
Which freakin' city was Lud do you think?
I definately imagined Lud in Book 3 as being a decimated New York City set way in the future (after the world has moved on). I remember SK being really vague about the city though and don't recall him mentioning any landmarks that might prove this theory (Like the Statue of Lib). On the other hand, the bridge where Gasher snagged Jake however and the way that SK described it, I definately imagined the GW Bridge.
Opinions? How about some of the other towns/cities/locations like:
- The very first desert Roland hiked (Which desert in the states is surrounded by mountains and is close to an ocean)?
- Mejis? (Kentucky?)
- Gilead?
- New Canaan? (Gilead, Canaan and the other one were actually three cities linked if I remember correctly kind of like Hampton Roads, Virginia).
But to wrap this up, I thought it'd be interesting to throw some ideas here to start a discussion of "Which cities and towns in the story were the cities and towns that we know today?" Obviously the book is set in the future so... Growing up in Washington, DC could I have been one of those great ancestors of Gilead or Roland himself?