Talk:Monroe, Washington

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This article is great, but it fails to mention the boom in economy the town has recently seen with the building of a Movie Theater and several car dealerships in town. It also fails to talk about the Correctional Center, the new High School, or how completely boring it is.

Indeed. Monroe is a prison town, there are I believe 4 different prisons there, much of the people living there probably work in the prisons. --Xyzzyplugh 02:32, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

While it is true Monroe may not have a rich and lusterous history dating back to colonial times, I doubt it's most worthy accomplishments were having a few scenes from two completely forgettable box office bombs (The Ring 2, Butterfly Effect) and one mediocre (The Ring... which by the way was primarily shot in Astoria Oregon along with it's sequel) shot there, as well as playing host to a production company that few outside the Stipek family has likely ever heard of. (No offense intended.) Would somebody with some actual knowledge of this town please edit this page for the rest of us?

I don't think it's fair to insult this town by calling it boring. If you were to hop in your car and drive south for about 20 minutes you'd run into this tiny little town called Seattle... maybe you've heard of it? Is it now a requirement that every town in America have 15 nightclubs, 11 movie theatres and 3 full-scale carnivals lest it be labed "boring?" Monroe is a nice town to live in and it's really not any different than any other residential suburb in the US. Leave it alone please.

[edit] Filled in History section

I added some to the History page, hopefully this will flesh it out better. 06:46, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

WOW! I haven't checked this page in a couple of months, fantastic job to whomever took the time to clean it up and write a decent article here. Thank you!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.90.182.49 (talk) 00:50, August 24, 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. Monroe actually has a lot of historic resources on the web and it was easy to research and write. 06:46, 27 August 2007 (UTC)