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Damascus dad Alan Wakefield has decided this year he will pass on the funnel cake, corn dogs, Vortex rides and other pleasures that for families across America have long constituted a day at the county fair.

“It used to be nice; it’s no longer the family event it was, though,” Wakefield explains. “Last time I was there, I saw one guy arrested and another robbed. I’m over it.”

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