[Torie]

I remember the time I visited Laverne, Alabama circa around 1970 with long hair, to visit a dear college friend of my mother's. It had both considerable pluses and minuses. To live there would have been hell at that time. Cheers.

[Paul Atreides]

I wouldn't want to go to a town/city called Laverne, no matter which state it was in! I can imagine it was bad in 1970. I can remember seeing people's homes, in the mid-70s, that didn't have telephones or indoor toilets. Talk about culture shock!