I think part of the problem is Americans are more mobile than ever before. More and more people find themselves living and working away from family and where they grew up. So any vacation time is spent going either to their home to see the folks and relatives or to Disney World. Why? Because that is a vacation for the whole family. While a trip to Muncie would typically be for just one member of the family. Been there! Done it!

And that is just one factor. A lot of Americans today change companies frequently. Hence, annual vacation time tends to stay at low levels between one and two weeks. Doesn't go far when you travel across the country to see the family once a year. So again, something like Muncie just doesn't have the benefit needed for a stop.