Subj : Re: welcome
To   : THE GODFATHER
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Wed Jan 01 2025 09:01 am

> Yes I LOVE Boonville's original downtown and how active it still is.  Most old
> towns in Indiana are very depressed such as Gaston, or Anderson.  Boonville ha
> a much different vibe.

Maybe because it is a little bit smaller than some of the others?

> Our youngest son got car sick literally 25 miles before
> reaching his grandpas house so we had to stop at the Walmart in Boonville to
> get him a new shirt and pants.  I had always only ever hit the old general
> store and antique stores in Boonville, I had no clue it even had a Walmart or
> had recalled seeing that side of town.  It was nice to see a smaller town more
> in a growth spurt than one of decline.

I probably drove right past the Walmart and didn't notice it, either.  ;)


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