Mayor Destroys Only Green-Space Park, Town Members Abandon Town

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mattstaff
Jun 11, 2021 4:00 PM EDT

Alright, there were doubts expressed in the comments section over whether or not this is a mere work of fiction. At the same time some folks stepped forward to provide pretty compelling points that this very well could've been a thing back in the day. Even if it's some creative writing that we have going on here, it's a pretty entertaining series of events. Talk about a collective power move. Basically, don't mess with people's parks, man. Especially if you're the mayor of a very small town, and run the risk of having that very small town's population just dip out. 

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    Font - r/ProRevenge + Join u/EpicWinterWolf • 7h 2 3 1 1 Wanna demolish the only green-space park in town? Then say bye-bye to every resident. So this is a story from my grandmother, that I was recently reminded of episode of 'The Brady Bunch'. en my Mom watched an In the episode 'Double Parked, the local park near the Brady Household is threatened to be destroyed so a courthouse can be built. In the episode, to save the park and stop the protesting, Mike Brady, who's company was given the proje
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    Font - My grandmother's story has a different ending, but still a good one. When my grandma was little her family lived in a small American town (about ~100 to 200 people). (Unfortunately, grandma was very little, so she doesn't recall the town name, or if it's even still around. She only knows this story because her parents would tell it to her, and my great-grandparents passed before I was born). This occurred in the 1950s, so people were starting to invest in all these cool things to improve
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    Font - The town consisted of mainly a small village square where shopping was done, the town hall, a bank, the scattering of houses, and the only non-wooded open space with what could be called a playground. According to town lore it was something the town's forefathers, who founded the land because of the fertile soil and healthy trees that were great lumber, had created out of study wood for their children to play on. This park had been maintained and repaired over the years by the town reside
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    Font - They weren't. According to grandma, great-grandpa told her that almost every resident was absolutely furious. The town was doing fine as a farming/lumber community, and they didn't want to sacrifice their children's play space for some dumb tourist attraction. Well, the mayor didn't care (so much for democracy), and spent extra money to hire an outside company to come and tear up the park. What happened next was told to me from grandma, and it's pretty crazy. The residents rioted, and att
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    Font - The mayor kept pushing, and got law enforcement help from outside the town to control residents. (The sheriff who lived in the town even revolted as well, if you can believe that). That's when someone torched the town hall. I kid you not. Grandma was very adamant about that. The mayor's house and the houses of the other council members were also attacked. Protesters were arrested by the dozens. It finally came to a head, and while grandma can't recall exactly how it happened, but only tha
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    Font - So, the residents not in jail decided to pull the ultimate rebellion: as one, almost 80% of the population of that town just up and left. Every. Single. Resident. They just left. But they didn't put their houses on the market. They, according to what great-grandma told grandma, were so pissed off that they would rather live in tents or with family in cities nearby, that they left the town with no residents and no way to bring in more since they still owned the houses. Those farmers and Lu
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    Font - My grandma doesn't know the aftermath, whether the town still exists or not, or if that town mayor ever got his tourist attraction, but she loves to use this story as a lesson to us grandkids. Never, ever, screw with the people who are keeping your town (business) afloat. TL;DR in title.
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    Font - Note: Can everyone please keep in mind that I'm only telling what my grandmother told me from what her parents told her? This story likely has gone through the telephone effect but I still feel that the basis of the story is true. If anything was likely exaggerated, it's probably the town hall burning (but don't tell grandma that; she's very adamant about it being true). If this tale does ends up not being true or overly exaggerated, l'll amend my post. If it's true, even if there's a few
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    Font - And 20years ago she and grandpa moved to Canada for the health benefits, my parents and siblings and I joining them five years ago. None of us kept our US residency (for personal and painful reasons with a LONG story l'd rather not divulge).
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    Font - Grandma has been trying for years to figure out where the town is/was, but keep in mind there are fifty states, at least 48 in the main country (it's been a while since I had to study all the states), and she's only narrowed it down to the states in the North. That's still at least 20+ states to go through and a good chunk of years. Plus we're no longer American citizens. I can ask her when I next call her if she tried to back-trace through her parents names yet, or if she can't. Recall t
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    Font - Note 2: Just want to mention that my great grandfather was an orphan and great grandma was a single child. And their only living descendant is my grandma. I have no granduncles or aunts from her side of the family. Also, the town from what she told was fueled mainly by lumber and farming. If there was any mining it wasn't mentioned. Maybe you guys can help us figure out where the town was, and if it did exist (like we believe)? That would be great.
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    Font - I was also alerted to the possibility of using a birth certificate, but there's a problem with that. You see my grandma's birth certificate got badly damaged when there was a flood in her adult years when they lived in a small town in Minnesota (her father had become a trucker and ended up being moved around a lot. I should probably mention that in the main post, and they were struggling with cash income which was why she stayed with them - another reason why the story feels true because
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    Organism - Temp edit: okay everyone, I need sleep. It's really, REALLY late (or early morning depending) where I live, so l'm going to log off soon. I'll answer any questions or clarify things when I come back in about 8-9 hours. Thank you! 1.4k 109 T, Share
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