But what happened to the other half?

According to the Kansas City Star, the city of Blue Springs, Missouri, recently returned "almost half" -- $132,000 -- of a $273,000 federal grant which it received in 2002 "to fight a perceived growing Goth culture." Was the city was in imminent danger of being inundated with mopey, pasty-faced teens in black eyeliner?

Apparently not. Sadly, it seems that the city lacked any Goth culture to fight. And it only cost $141,000 to find this out.

Thanks to Neil Gaiman's blog/online journal for the link.