Missouri "Old Times There Are Not Forgotten"

For reasons not fully (or even partially) understood by anyone, on January 10, 1930, technology stopped advancing in the State of Missouri. At first, this was not noticed because most people figured that their brand new gizmo was just defective, but after about 6 months, several companies and the state government began investigating. Eventually, the federal government got in on it and the truth was discovered. If a device invented after 1/10/30 was taken across the border, it would instantly stop and no amount of fixing could help it. This fact, on top of the Depression, hurt Missouri badly and the state has only recovered in the last 25 years.

Even though it has the third lowest population in the union, Missouri has the fifth highest tourism rate. It would seem that people really enjoy going there to escape the demands of the rest of the world in the year 2000. In fact, the state is the number one place for vacation homes.

It is worth noting that when the people of Missouri travel to another state on vacation, they overwhelmingly choose California or New York City. It seems that they just can't get enough of looking at high tech in action, even though most say they are glad not to have it in their state.

One good thing about being in technological stasis is that in Missouri, "Old Time Radio" is alive and kicking ass. The St. Louis Radio Theater Of The Air is just the largest and best known of 25 radio theater companies in the state. Although the companies saw some lean times during the 1950s-60s, in the 70s, interest began to grow and really took off in 1976 when Paramount authorized a Star Trek radio series featuring the original cast. A few years later, Star Wars hit the airwaves and things really took off.

Missouri now has five high power radio stations broadcasting music, comedy and drama 24/7. Recently, these stations (all located near the Kansas border) have begun sending recordings of their programs over to Kansas so they can be put on the internet. The popularity of these shows rivals, and in some cases surpasses, anything on television.