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by lingben 3319 days ago
I find these social memes fascinating. I wonder if any sociologist has made a serious study of how they start and spread. There is another town in India dedicated to weightlifting and working as bouncers:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/30/world/asia/india-muscle-villag...

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Given number of villages in India, I guess you can find one addicted to ... virtually anything. Almost sure I have seen a village addicted to JavaScript.
I think I read about that in Hitchhiker's Guide -- there must be a village out there that grows sentient mattresses.