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This comes across as blunt, dryly amused disappointment, with only one small exception allowed in at the end. It can be read as a way of saying that a place may hold very little emotional pull, while still leaving room for a single detail, like a striking seasonal memory, to stand out.
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Killing Floor
2004
The Visitor
2005
Persuader
2009
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2006
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2008