Great story on how Ingress changes how you look at your area after playing.
Great story on how Ingress changes how you look at your area after playing. Originally shared by Caitlyn Bowyer Why I Play Ingress It started as a game. The story from Niantic and the NIA intrigued me and although the story has developed, it has done so much more. I live in a small town. The first four portals here were the two Post Offices, the Library and the Fire Department, much like most smaller towns. But then I realized, there's history in my town. Not 'cool' history, but history nonetheless. Ingress changed the way I look at my hometown. Mount Washington, was founded in the early 1800's and originally known as The Crossroads. When the town was officially chartered in 1822 it was named Mount Vernon, but there was a city in Rockcastle County that was already using that name, which is where Mount Washington came from. (Mount Vernon, for respect of George Washington, instead became Mount Washington, for the same reasons). In 1822 the city already had three church...