Mountain Home, AR
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, nope. No way I’d do the job for that. I have met many in rural areas and they all have second jobs. No good training. No thanks.
Population 12k, probably budget related, its a small town in rural AR. Boone County is supposed to have a good team. I used to sell tires to the Sheriff (Tim Roberson) for their motorpool and met some of his deputies at an off road park and in the field out working. They all had good things to say about Tim and his department. They had several 4x4 trucks to patrol out in the sticks.
Eject! Eject! Eject!
Just saw a white Jeep JL with Arkansas plates in Moab, it had a Biden for President bumper sticker.
Just saw a white Jeep JL with Arkansas plates in Moab, it had a Biden for President bumper sticker.
I've never lived in Arkansas, but I spent 26 years in Oklahoma and 9 of them were 45 miles from border of northwest Arkansas. I now work remotely for the same company but I visit the area and I spent a combined 2 weeks in NW AR through May and June for work (my main project right now is for Walmart). I've been visiting Siloam Springs which is a pretty typical small border/truck route town and is nothing special, but when I have a free evening I'll run over to Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers/Bentonville to find decent food and drink.
I have a pretty awesome place in Colorado so it would take a lot to persuade me to move, but if the circumstances fell into place I wouldn't hesitate to move to the northern part of the state (the conditions my wife and I have talked about are if I got paid enough to have a similar house on 80+ acres with a creek or pond
). It's gorgeous, rolling hills alternating between lush pasture and dense forest. When I lived in Oklahoma we would often go over to Arkansas, get a VRBO in the woods somewhere and go hiking and check out caves. Also when I rode motorcycles I'd go to Fayetteville for "Bikes, Blues and BBQ" which is a great people watching opportunity .
The people are super polite and friendly. I kinda took it for granted when I lived out there but coming back after moving west it's noticeable.
Housing ought to be pretty cheap...the 1978-built house I live in now cost over double the brand new (2013) house I had built in NE OK on a similarly sized lot a similar distance from a similarly sized town.
The beauty fades in the winter because of the high concentration of deciduous trees, but it comes back in the spring and summer and fall. The heat and humidity are a little shocking when I go back because I'm used to a daily average high of 81 in July with single digit humidity. The craft beer scene is a few years behind but it's getting better.
You won't see as much national forest as you're probably used to in Oregon, and I'm not sure how much 4 wheeling there is to do. The terrain would be great for it, I just don't know where the trails are.
I've seen a lot of people recommending Tennessee; I've spent some time in Nashville and Clarksville (right across the border from Ft Campbell, Kentucky) and I'm not sure I would know the difference, geographically or culturally (obviously the country music scene in Nashville notwithstanding).
I have a pretty awesome place in Colorado so it would take a lot to persuade me to move, but if the circumstances fell into place I wouldn't hesitate to move to the northern part of the state (the conditions my wife and I have talked about are if I got paid enough to have a similar house on 80+ acres with a creek or pond
). It's gorgeous, rolling hills alternating between lush pasture and dense forest. When I lived in Oklahoma we would often go over to Arkansas, get a VRBO in the woods somewhere and go hiking and check out caves. Also when I rode motorcycles I'd go to Fayetteville for "Bikes, Blues and BBQ" which is a great people watching opportunity .The people are super polite and friendly. I kinda took it for granted when I lived out there but coming back after moving west it's noticeable.
Housing ought to be pretty cheap...the 1978-built house I live in now cost over double the brand new (2013) house I had built in NE OK on a similarly sized lot a similar distance from a similarly sized town.
The beauty fades in the winter because of the high concentration of deciduous trees, but it comes back in the spring and summer and fall. The heat and humidity are a little shocking when I go back because I'm used to a daily average high of 81 in July with single digit humidity. The craft beer scene is a few years behind but it's getting better.
You won't see as much national forest as you're probably used to in Oregon, and I'm not sure how much 4 wheeling there is to do. The terrain would be great for it, I just don't know where the trails are.
I've seen a lot of people recommending Tennessee; I've spent some time in Nashville and Clarksville (right across the border from Ft Campbell, Kentucky) and I'm not sure I would know the difference, geographically or culturally (obviously the country music scene in Nashville notwithstanding).
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I've never lived in Arkansas, but I spent 26 years in Oklahoma and 9 of them were 45 miles from border of northwest Arkansas. I now work remotely for the same company but I visit the area and I spent a combined 2 weeks in NW AR through May and June for work (my main project right now is for Walmart). I've been visiting Siloam Springs which is a pretty typical small border/truck route town and is nothing special, but when I have a free evening I'll run over to Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers/Bentonville to find decent food and drink.
I have a pretty awesome place in Colorado so it would take a lot to persuade me to move, but if the circumstances fell into place I wouldn't hesitate to move to the northern part of the state (the conditions my wife and I have talked about are if I got paid enough to have a similar house on 80+ acres with a creek or pond
The people are super polite and friendly. I kinda took it for granted when I lived out there but coming back after moving west it's noticeable.
Housing ought to be pretty cheap...the 1978-built house I live in now cost over double the brand new (2013) house I had built in NE OK on a similarly sized lot a similar distance from a similarly sized town.
The beauty fades in the winter because of the high concentration of deciduous trees, but it comes back in the spring and summer. The heat and humidity are a little shocking when I go back because I'm used to a daily average high of 81 in July with single digit humidity. The craft beer scene is a few years behind but it's getting better.
You won't see as much national forest as you're probably used to in Oregon, and I'm not sure how much 4 wheeling there is to do. The terrain would be great for it, I just don't know where the trails are.
I've seen a lot of people recommending Tennessee; I've spent some time in Nashville and Clarksville (right across the border from Ft Campbell, Kentucky) and I'm not sure I would know the difference, geographically or culturally (obviously the country music scene in Nashville notwithstanding).
Siloam Springs is a weird town. Did you visit the Indian Casino yet? It's just steps across the OK line, several years ago it was just a little Bingo Hall. If you want to see some scenery head south of Fayetteville to Devil's Den State Park. Lots of good back roads in that area. I would live in NW AR in a heartbeat. Being close to the Bentonville/Fayetteville metro would be awesome. Being doing business in that area for 20 years.
I’m going to use liberal logic from now on when someone says they’re voting for Biden:
So you like sniffing little girls?
I haven't been inside the casino but I've driven by it countless times. This year is the first time I've been back to the area since 2015 so it's hard to remember how things were. Especially since Siloam Springs was never the stop, it was just passing through on the way to Fayetteville, Eureka, or Harrison. I've gotten to know the Siloam Springs Walmart Supercenter more this year than I ever thought I would
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I haven't been inside the casino but I've driven by it countless times. This year is the first time I've been back to the area since 2015 so it's hard to remember how things were. Especially since Siloam Springs was never the stop, it was just passing through on the way to Fayetteville, Eureka, or Harrison. I've gotten to know the Siloam Springs Walmart Supercenter more this year than I ever thought I would
There used to be a good BBQ joint there by the WalMart. Benton County Tire on the main drag was one of my big customers. So was the Ford Dealer. I like that area, but wouldn't really want to live in Siloam.
I know they have Hot Spings ORV Park with 3 Jeep Badge of Honor trails. It’s a pretty nice park they’ve got there. So there’s definitely decent Jeep trails there and nearby!
If Biden is elected, he better enjoy Moab now. Poor fool.
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Not to let this thread die....
Found this home we are interested in. Do you guys know if this area has good internet? I don’t mind using cell if it is reliable 4G, my wife needs it for work.
Home is beautiful and we gonna fly out and look here real soon. Spend a week or so in the area checking things out.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/...ssage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare
Found this home we are interested in. Do you guys know if this area has good internet? I don’t mind using cell if it is reliable 4G, my wife needs it for work.
Home is beautiful and we gonna fly out and look here real soon. Spend a week or so in the area checking things out.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/...ssage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare
That is Mountain View, not Mountain Home. Different town. Great home though.
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Mountain View is a nice place. My parents have a cabin there. Great trout fishing on the White River. Tourism is big. Big for a small town, anyway.
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Yes. I drove that distance for years and don’t look forward to it again. But I’m hoping with my retirement and equity, I don’t need to work much. Maybe piddle around.
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Can't speak to internet (my guess would be probably not, but the realtor can probably tell you) but HOLY CRAP that place is awesome. I'd move there myself if that part of the country didn't make my allergies miserable from September to November. A place like that would cost $800k minimum in Colorado, and well into the millions depending on what town it was closest to.