#of all things to remember...

During my first year of college, there was a monopoly released in stores specifically at Walmart that was based on the city I stayed in for college. For context, I live in the United States and while I know state Monopolies existed, I had never heard of city versions in Monopoly. Does it happen anywhere else? Anyhow, I saw it, pointed to my friends about the cool novelty, wanted to buy it and just didn’t. “Why?”, you may ask? Because I was a poor college student (still technically am but even more so then) and saw that Monopoly edition as a want, not a need, a toy, a waste of space in a cramped dorm room (was in a room with three other gals), and I didn’t have the funds to buy it that day. Convinced it would appear again the next year or stay as a constant relic of the small city, I took one good look at it and didn’t spend more than that week thinking about it. That is until I was walking through the toy aisle that was next to the pet supplies aisle (was getting a cat comb) at the local Target tonight. There was a whole half shelf dedicated to Monopoly and its various additions, most notably the Fortnight and Bridgerton ones being the newest. As I walked out to my car after checking out my items, I couldn’t stop racking my brain the whole way back home about wanting to buy a special Monopoly edition and thought back to the city’s specially made one. I went on an internet spree, hoping to catch one on eBay, but to no avail. I almost even thought it was a fever dream! A few site scrolls later, I found the city’s online newspaper had taken a photo and documented it just as I had remembered it, but dated 2019 and no mention of it was anywhere else on the whole wide web. My mental and emotional states are hurt, yearning for something that could have been and I will never have. Was this pointless to type out? I think so, but I needed to say something about it or it will drive me nuts. I would love to know if you have ever spotted your own town’s, city’s, or country’s Monopoly set.