North on route 8 leads to Naugatuck, my home town. Back in the day the home of the US Rubber plant. The Naugatuck river didn’t flow. It slithered. The ruins of the plant were used in a scene of Tom Cruises version of War of the Worlds. The town smelled like burning tires. The residents were inundated by toxic chemicals. Apparently I was unaffected. Perhaps living under a toxic cloud isn’t that bad for you.
If I had an Aston-Martin and a Ferrari, I could pretty much assure you my town would smell like burning tires, too :)