In the end I decided it was because it's almost familiar (including the bits from TV shows) but just wrong enough that your brain keeps saying things are not normal -- whereas when you go somewhere more unfamiliar you stop being surprised by things nearly being the same and settle in to them being different.
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In the end I decided it was because it's almost familiar (including the bits from TV shows) but just wrong enough that your brain keeps saying things are not normal -- whereas when you go somewhere more unfamiliar you stop being surprised by things nearly being the same and settle in to them being different.