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[nachoman]

1.5 hours away from a big city is a perfect weekend getaway if marketed correctyl. Small towns can cash in on that sort of thing if they play their cards right. We have some perfect examples here in arizona. Williams was an exit on the freeway back in the mid-1980s before the Grand canyon railway began operation. The town has rather successfully parlayed the railroad tourists with the route 66 tourists, and is now a favorite sleepy getaway for people in Phoenix and Las Vegas. Bisbee has done the same thing - they may be doing better since the mine has closed by simply attracting tourists.

I have never been to the EBT, so I don't know how they market themselves. I am familiar with the area, and I know rural pennsylvania has done quite well attracting the curious (amish country).