like golf? vaca to sheboygan

props to my hometown for scoring a position in 7th on trip advisor's best WORLDWIDE golf vacations list. yeah, i bet people are reading that list saying to themselves, "sheboygan? wow, that sure is a fun word to say but where the hell is it?" and then maybe they'll remember that 2 years ago the PGA championship was there, and a few years before that the WPGA was there. and then yeah, suddenly sheboygan is the next hilton head. hilton head with some meth labs thrown in there for kicks anyway.

and this brings me to what i am still trying to grasp about my birth place: why the hell can't it just develop into something already?

its all there. we have one of the coolest marina's i've ever seen with miles of prime lake michigan beach front. 45 minutes from downtown milwaukee. amazing golf. kohler is right up the road and there is a kickass design center that has every one of their products on display. there's even an indoor waterpark. but it just can't seem to do anything productive with its old fashioned self. i'm beginning to think its aquiring all the problems of big city life (meth, burglaries, murder) without any of the benefits (tourists, nightlife, decent public transportation).

so if you like golf, go visit my home sweet home of 50,000 on the lake. and then go kick every single one of the city officials and tell them to try harder to market it dammit.