Question

Not far from the eastern shore of the Hudson River is a little valley known as Sleepy Hollow. A drowsy, dreamy atmosphere seems to hang over the land, as if it were under the sway of some witching power. The whole neighborhood is filled with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions, but the dominant spirit that haunts this region is the apparition of a figure on horseback without a head. It is said to be the ghost of a Hessian soldier, whose head was carried away by a cannon ball during the Revolutionary War. The ghost rides forth nightly to the scene of battle in search of his head, and he travels with great speed to get back to the churchyard before daybreak.
What is the town like according to that paragraph?

Answer 1

Sounds like a horror city with nothing normal happening, everyone having a tough time with imagination being normal,

For a more useful answer it looks like a town full of uncivilized people that understand a more violent interaction with the world around them and a poor education system.