Stranger Things Season 2: 9 Crazy Fan Theories (That Might Actually Be True)

2. Or It's A Post-Nuclear Alt-Reality

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Upside Down

Another great theory about the Upside Down also centres around the Cold War. While there are a number of mad ideas out there based on various multiverse possibilities, one of the best stems from Redditor alice4223:

The Cold War forms a backdrop to the America Stranger Things is set in, and this creates an interesting connection to that. It explains why there are some similarities between the Upside Down and our world, only there almost everything has been wiped out.

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