THE ROAST BLOG
EVERY TOWN HAS A STORY
In-depth roasts and real talk about every town we've destroyed.
Picture this: a town that genuinely threw a parade for beans. Not coffee beans. Not jelly beans. Soybeans. Welcome to Martin, Tennessee, ...
A Town Built on Spectacular Failures (And One Famous Neighbor)
Welcome to Sparta, New Jersey – where the only thing more artificial than the lake is the Swiss-German architecture surrounding it. This ...
Welcome to Garfield, New Jersey – where dreams go to pay slightly less rent while still pretending they live "near the city." Nestled in ...
Welcome to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina—"popularly known as the Grand Strand" and spanning "60 miles along the northeast coast" where you...
The "Scenic City" That Made Its Fortune Celebrating Car Problems
The Whaling Capital That Peaked 150 Years Ago
When a town literally named itself after agricultural leftovers and somehow still manages to exist in 2026, you know you've stumbled onto...
Welcome to Kansas City, Missouri — the 520,000-person metropolis that's spent nearly a century playing catch-up to its own golden era. Th...
The Holy Grail of Suburban Overachievement
Welcome to Chicago, Illinois — the third-most populous city in the United States with a population of 2.7 million — where we've mastered ...
If you've ever wondered what would happen if a bunch of PhD students got high on sustainable living principles and decided to build their...
Big Sur, California—75 miles of the Big Sur coastline as one of the most landslide-prone areas in the western United States—is like that ...
Welcome to Petoskey, Michigan, the charming lakeside town on Little Traverse Bay that's long been a resort area known for its fresh air, ...