I have to add my 2 cents here. Anoka is growing into a larger town if you stay on the Hwy, but it still has a feel of small town, if you go onto Main Street.
Burke, you are absolutely right about Anoka not being a suburb back in that time. It wasn't, and I don't consider it to be now.
I also know Lake Wobegone is fiction. I think anyone who knows the program, knows this. I have to add one more thing- I have never heard anyone from Mn. talk about PHC or Garrison, in the negative. Guest, I guess we just run in different circles!
Peace. Rustic