Wes didn't like ghosts, but that didn't mean he would deny their existence. Wes was very aware that ghosts were real. Amity Park was very much haunted, and any kid that lived there could confirm. If you went to Casper High in the night, you would be able to see the ghosts of those who died in the school shooting back in the 50s. They won't talk to you, but if they see you, they will giggle and whisper as if they were mocking you.
The children of Amity Park did not feel fear the way kids of other towns did. Breaking into a high school at night for the chance to see the ghosts was a popular thing to do. Of course, very few truly believed the ghosts, but wes did.
Wes could see the ghosts during the day. Wes knew before anyone else that the social worker wasn't what she claimed to be, but no one believed him. When she suddenly disappeared leaving a note saying she quit, he knew she was escaping the wrath of the most powerful ghost in school.
Wes didn't like the mayor. Most sixteen year olds didn't even know who their mayor's name. But Wes was someone who liked to be informed. He saw how suddenly Vlad Masters was elected, despite moving to the town only months before.
Casper High has a relatively low population. Amity Park used to be a much larger town, but when the housing market crashed, over half the homes in the surrounding suburbs became vacant. Casper High in particular has large building meant to house a large population of students, but most of the rooms were unused do to lack of students and teachers. Amity was a cheap place to live, and their streak of a near non existent crime rate of over twenty five years was still going strong. One would think it was an ideal place to live.
But Amity was still haunted by the massive amounts of bloodshed that had previously stained the streets. Countless gang wars in the 70s, the numerous serial killers that had made their mark on the town, the famous school shooting in the 50s.
Most people wouldn't think to move to Amity Park, the town being in the middle nowhere, surrounded by forests and prairie that you have to drive through to visit other towns. So that was one reason people didn't come, the other was because of the ghosts. But we already know that.
Most kids at Casper High remember when Danny Fenton died.
