Then there's the one where the town itself comes alive and starts to eat the citizens ...

And the one where the town blows up into another dimension ...

And the one where all the citizens go crazy except for one kid, who tries to figure out what's going on ...

That's just off the top of my head, there may be more.

I'm standing at a train station ticket office, Joshua J. The ticket lady is staring at me blankly. I'm quite sure she's about to call security if I don't give her a destination. C'mon, all I need is a name, kiddo. What's the town's name? Any of 'em. Rhymes with? Klattu? Barada? Necktie?

There's a town in Iowa named WHAT CHEER ... why not go there?

In my online classes, I do at least live-chat "office hour" session where everybody shows up for spontaneous Q&A, story analysis, etc. Occasionally, as an exercise, we'll concoct a story from scratch, beginning much like the posts here. Perhaps something to try for kicks?