▁the ▁beauty ▁of ▁Port ▁Hope ▁being ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁reasons ▁as ▁to ▁why ▁it ▁was ▁chosen , ▁while ▁Mus chi etti ▁added , ▁" We ▁were ▁looking ▁for ▁an ▁id yl lic ▁town , ▁one ▁that ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁strong ▁contrast ▁to ▁the ▁story . ▁Port ▁Hope ▁is ▁the ▁kind ▁of ▁place ▁we ▁all ▁wish ▁we ▁had ▁grown ▁up ▁in : ▁long ▁sum mers ▁r iding ▁b icy cles , ▁wal ks ▁by ▁the ▁lake , ▁a ▁lov ely ▁main ▁street , ▁char ming ▁homes ▁with ▁green ▁la wn s , ▁warm ▁people ." ▁Mus chi etti ▁also ▁mentioned ▁that ▁ 3 6 0 ▁ex tras ▁from ▁the ▁area , ▁from ▁adult s ▁to ▁tiny ▁k ids , ▁had ▁been ▁involved . ▁ ▁On ▁August ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁at ▁The ▁C W ▁T CA ▁presentation ▁for ▁the ▁up coming ▁series ▁Fre quency , ▁producer ▁Dan ▁Lin ▁spoke ▁of ▁the ▁piece ' s ▁comparison ▁to ▁Net fli x ' s ▁Str anger ▁Things , ▁with ▁Lee ▁describing ▁It ▁being ▁a ▁" hom age ▁to ▁ 8 0 s ▁mov ies ", ▁while ▁remark ing : ▁" I ▁think ▁a ▁great ▁anal ogy ▁is ▁actually ▁Str anger ▁Things , ▁and ▁we ' re ▁seeing ▁it ▁on ▁Net fli x ▁right ▁now . ▁It ' s ▁very ▁much ▁an ▁hom age ▁to ▁' 8 0 s ▁mov ies , ▁whether ▁it ' s ▁classic ▁Stephen ▁King ▁or ▁even ▁Spiel berg . ▁Think ▁about ▁Stand ▁by ▁Me ▁( 1 9