tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180498216869726946.post-88042593523109963072007-10-16T08:34:00.000-07:002007-10-16T09:09:58.494-07:00<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_oW-tNsb0CZ0/RxTcLx-rqiI/AAAAAAAAACs/-DGsh8g0N0k/s1600-h/historic_district.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121960771180014114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_oW-tNsb0CZ0/RxTcLx-rqiI/AAAAAAAAACs/-DGsh8g0N0k/s320/historic_district.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Main Street in downtown Garrettville, Illinois was recently designated a historical district by the <em>Historical Designation Society of America</em>. The town of approximately 7,000 people proudly held a ceremony last weekend for the official posting of the street sign proclaiming their new status. However, there are serious questions being raised about the validity of this new honor, and these questions appear to be legitimate. In walking up and down Main Street repeatedly, it is simply hard to draw the conclusion that there is anything historical at all about the district. In fact, it looks like just another hick town in <em>Anywhere, USA, </em>with the exception of a couple of lame antique shops and a coffee house that sells stale pastries. In fact, if you stop at the town's Chamber of Commerce for a brochure about the area, you'll find that there's really nothing to do there at all. In fact, I was so bored after an hour that I stopped in the local liquor store, stocked up on a couple of fifths of <em>Jim Beam, </em>and got <em>seriously FACED!!! </em>I woke up the next morning in a little alleyway behind the local market, and I was STILL bored!!!! The bottom line is: <em>THIS TOWN SUCKS AND I'M NEVER GOING BACK...</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></em></div><div>Back to <a href="http://seespanrun.com/">See Span Run</a></div><br /><div><em><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></em></div>Sue D. Nimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04184967982088304683noreply@blogger.com