The Town Without Wi-Fi

People afflicted with “electromagnetic hypersensitivity”—ailments related to being around devices like cell phones that emit electromagnetic frequencies—have flocked to the town of Green Bank, West Virginia, where modern technology has been banned due to their possible interference with a government telescope. The locals aren’t happy about the stream of newcomers.

Source: Washingtonian
Published: Jan 5, 2015
Length: 16 minutes (4,247 words)