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Ft Smith is not a destination, or "mecca" as we are calling it, for any type of music.
There is a fantastic new piano bar on Garrison though; it is called "MoJo's". I highly recommend it.
MoJo's, just my opinion, but not that nice. Too many tables and not enough room to move around. On the night that I went, the piano players were not that great...actually, they were bad, and if you get a seat by the door, you can't even see them. Nothing remarkable about the place. It just does not have any character.
MoJo's, just my opinion, but not that nice. Too many tables and not enough room to move around. On the night that I went, the piano players were not that great...actually, they were bad, and if you get a seat by the door, you can't even see them. Nothing remarkable about the place. It just does not have any character.
About what I would expect. I am surprised to hear of a "piano bar" opening in Ft Smith. I wouldn't expect it to be that great considering its Fort Smith but at least its something new on the nightlife scene. When I lived in Ft. Smith you pretty much just had the Electric Cowboy or Varsity downtown. Most of the crowd from UAFS would just go to Fayetteville for nightlife.
Mojo's is Joseph Meadows place, It's been open for a while now. It didn't just open.
Leoncia's went out of business and then someone drove an S-10 through the front. Now someone is opening a place called the Casbah there.
I don't know what the kids at the new dormitories are doing for nightlife. I was supposed to take a tour of them but I decided to sleep in that day, I got some Drennon-Scott house pictures anyways.
Drennon-Scott pictures, eh? How did you like it? I haven't seen it in a while.
It was ok.
It will serve both as a museum and a place for UAFS students to do historical interpretation.
Somebody found some rifle flint from France on the grounds so the guy giving the lecture thinks either the US Army or French fur-trappers where in the area before the house was built.
Looks like they are pretty much done with the restoration so I think they will put the furniture back soon. Supposed to open to the public early next year.
Fort Smith is a great place ... To speed thru! Don't Stop here! RUN!
edjarhead - THANK YOU! I have moved here from Seattle [to visit a friend for a year]. I am very open minded and love to travel and experience different cultures, ideas, traditions etc.. This is not the first time I've traveled or moved to a different state [nor will it be the last]. I've lived in different parts of Washington, Montana and Florida. I've visited more states and cities then can be remembered if not for photographic evidence of the fact, haha. I've enjoyed my travels very much and always feel I've learned and become a better and/or more informed person through my travels.
Before I read your opinion, views and observations of Fort Smith I though I was crazy! For the first time I've been very unhappy in my choice of location. I haven't been impressed with the locals, what-so-ever! And all the - Christian hardcore rock/laser light show churches-in-a-shed - were nothing if not the creepiest cult worshiping experience I've ever [religiously] encountered! I would never have gone if my best friend [the person for whom I picked everything up for and moved] insisted I go at least once. He wouldn't stop until I tried it out. I hate that I went.
I've been here only a short 3 months. Yet, I have witnessed or experienced first hand everything you talk about! And for 3 months I couldn't figure out why I had such a hard time being happy here. Why my views of this city seemed so far off from all the natives. I'm so grateful to know I'm not alone and still have a reliable gut feeling about my surroundings!
Before moving here I looked at job listings in the area for months. You know, to get a feel for the economy and what [if anything] was available in the area before I committed to moving there for a year. Well, it was the single most deceptive part about Fort Smith [thus far]! Once I moved here, feeling positive and excited - thinking I would be able to find a job in my field very easily, turned out most of the job adds and help wanted adds were little more then blatant scams leading me into adds for going back to school - What!? Also, what few jobs I could fine and obtain an interview for, I found I was at a major disadvantage being an 'outsider' and not having the typical native accent or using words like 'ain't' and 'ya'll'. It took a lot of networking and 2 months of very tiring and hard work to find a decent job.
Something else I've been very disappointed in - So called 'southern hospitality'. As I've mentioned before, I'm not new to traveling. I know what it is to be new in town. I'm also very adaptable in any culture and have always had a kind of gift for getting alone with anyone. I've been welcome to join into any place I have ever setup temporary residence. However, Fort Smith has got to be one of the most closed minded, close ranked, easily offended and short tempered cities I have ever had the misfortune of living in!
Everywhere I've gone, I am able to make friends quickly and have great times. It is next to impossible to make friends here. Here, in lovely Fort Smith, AR, I'm treated as if I am a leper. I'm not a native, I don't attend the alternative Christian hardcore rock/laser light show church-in-a-shed and I don't have [what seems necessary] - poor literacy, lack of education, slow southern talking, baby pumping, home crafting, stay at home wife qualities these people seem to be looking for in a 25 year old woman in Fort Smith Arkansas.
I am, to say the least, horrifyingly shocked, disappointed, depressed and above all else, seriously regretful of my choice to devote a year in Fort Smith, AR. Despite my growing lack of respect of this hellhole, I still retain a hope for the better over the next 9 months of my stay here. Although, if I'm being honest, with every passing day in the life of a Fort Smither my hope seems a waste of time and only grows, a little everyday, into a feeling of foolishness and hopeless.
I would causing anyone thinking of moving to this delusional and close minded city to head for ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE FREE WORLD. I would not wish this place on my worst enemy.
edjarhead - THANK YOU! I have moved here from Seattle [to visit a friend for a year]. I am very open minded and love to travel and experience different cultures, ideas, traditions etc.. This is not the first time I've traveled or moved to a different state [nor will it be the last]. I've lived in different parts of Washington, Montana and Florida. I've visited more states and cities then can be remembered if not for photographic evidence of the fact, haha. I've enjoyed my travels very much and always feel I've learned and become a better and/or more informed person through my travels.
Before I read your opinion, views and observations of Fort Smith I though I was crazy! For the first time I've been very unhappy in my choice of location. I haven't been impressed with the locals, what-so-ever! And all the - Christian hardcore rock/laser light show churches-in-a-shed - were nothing if not the creepiest cult worshiping experience I've ever [religiously] encountered! I would never have gone if my best friend [the person for whom I picked everything up for and moved] insisted I go at least once. He wouldn't stop until I tried it out. I hate that I went.
I've been here only a short 3 months. Yet, I have witnessed or experienced first hand everything you talk about! And for 3 months I couldn't figure out why I had such a hard time being happy here. Why my views of this city seemed so far off from all the natives. I'm so grateful to know I'm not alone and still have a reliable gut feeling about my surroundings!
Before moving here I looked at job listings in the area for months. You know, to get a feel for the economy and what [if anything] was available in the area before I committed to moving there for a year. Well, it was the single most deceptive part about Fort Smith [thus far]! Once I moved here, feeling positive and excited - thinking I would be able to find a job in my field very easily, turned out most of the job adds and help wanted adds were little more then blatant scams leading me into adds for going back to school - What!? Also, what few jobs I could fine and obtain an interview for, I found I was at a major disadvantage being an 'outsider' and not having the typical native accent or using words like 'ain't' and 'ya'll'. It took a lot of networking and 2 months of very tiring and hard work to find a decent job.
Something else I've been very disappointed in - So called 'southern hospitality'. As I've mentioned before, I'm not new to traveling. I know what it is to be new in town. I'm also very adaptable in any culture and have always had a kind of gift for getting alone with anyone. I've been welcome to join into any place I have ever setup temporary residence. However, Fort Smith has got to be one of the most closed minded, close ranked, easily offended and short tempered cities I have ever had the misfortune of living in!
Everywhere I've gone, I am able to make friends quickly and have great times. It is next to impossible to make friends here. Here, in lovely Fort Smith, AR, I'm treated as if I am a leper. I'm not a native, I don't attend the alternative Christian hardcore rock/laser light show church-in-a-shed and I don't have [what seems necessary] - poor literacy, lack of education, slow southern talking, baby pumping, home crafting, stay at home wife qualities these people seem to be looking for in a 25 year old woman in Fort Smith Arkansas.
I am, to say the least, horrifyingly shocked, disappointed, depressed and above all else, seriously regretful of my choice to devote a year in Fort Smith, AR. Despite my growing lack of respect of this hellhole, I still retain a hope for the better over the next 9 months of my stay here. Although, if I'm being honest, with every passing day in the life of a Fort Smither my hope seems a waste of time and only grows, a little everyday, into a feeling of foolishness and hopeless.
I would causing anyone thinking of moving to this delusional and close minded city to head for ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE FREE WORLD. I would not wish this place on my worst enemy.
regretful and remorseful - wrongturnRonda
I don't attend the alternative Christian hardcore rock/laser light show church-in-a-shed.
That is it. I have never heard it phrased that way, but that is so accurate.
I feel your pain Ronda...I really do. Just be happy it is only 9 months. Just think of how much you will appreciate other places when you go. A lot of people here have never lived anywhere else and they have no idea that there is something better out there...I guess ignorance is bliss.
edjarhead - THANK YOU! I have moved here from Seattle [to visit a friend for a year]. I am very open minded and love to travel and experience different cultures, ideas, traditions etc.. This is not the first time I've traveled or moved to a different state [nor will it be the last]. I've lived in different parts of Washington, Montana and Florida. I've visited more states and cities then can be remembered if not for photographic evidence of the fact, haha. I've enjoyed my travels very much and always feel I've learned and become a better and/or more informed person through my travels.
Before I read your opinion, views and observations of Fort Smith I though I was crazy! For the first time I've been very unhappy in my choice of location. I haven't been impressed with the locals, what-so-ever! And all the - Christian hardcore rock/laser light show churches-in-a-shed - were nothing if not the creepiest cult worshiping experience I've ever [religiously] encountered! I would never have gone if my best friend [the person for whom I picked everything up for and moved] insisted I go at least once. He wouldn't stop until I tried it out. I hate that I went.
I've been here only a short 3 months. Yet, I have witnessed or experienced first hand everything you talk about! And for 3 months I couldn't figure out why I had such a hard time being happy here. Why my views of this city seemed so far off from all the natives. I'm so grateful to know I'm not alone and still have a reliable gut feeling about my surroundings!
Before moving here I looked at job listings in the area for months. You know, to get a feel for the economy and what [if anything] was available in the area before I committed to moving there for a year. Well, it was the single most deceptive part about Fort Smith [thus far]! Once I moved here, feeling positive and excited - thinking I would be able to find a job in my field very easily, turned out most of the job adds and help wanted adds were little more then blatant scams leading me into adds for going back to school - What!? Also, what few jobs I could fine and obtain an interview for, I found I was at a major disadvantage being an 'outsider' and not having the typical native accent or using words like 'ain't' and 'ya'll'. It took a lot of networking and 2 months of very tiring and hard work to find a decent job.
Something else I've been very disappointed in - So called 'southern hospitality'. As I've mentioned before, I'm not new to traveling. I know what it is to be new in town. I'm also very adaptable in any culture and have always had a kind of gift for getting alone with anyone. I've been welcome to join into any place I have ever setup temporary residence. However, Fort Smith has got to be one of the most closed minded, close ranked, easily offended and short tempered cities I have ever had the misfortune of living in!
Everywhere I've gone, I am able to make friends quickly and have great times. It is next to impossible to make friends here. Here, in lovely Fort Smith, AR, I'm treated as if I am a leper. I'm not a native, I don't attend the alternative Christian hardcore rock/laser light show church-in-a-shed and I don't have [what seems necessary] - poor literacy, lack of education, slow southern talking, baby pumping, home crafting, stay at home wife qualities these people seem to be looking for in a 25 year old woman in Fort Smith Arkansas.
I am, to say the least, horrifyingly shocked, disappointed, depressed and above all else, seriously regretful of my choice to devote a year in Fort Smith, AR. Despite my growing lack of respect of this hellhole, I still retain a hope for the better over the next 9 months of my stay here. Although, if I'm being honest, with every passing day in the life of a Fort Smither my hope seems a waste of time and only grows, a little everyday, into a feeling of foolishness and hopeless.
I would causing anyone thinking of moving to this delusional and close minded city to head for ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE FREE WORLD. I would not wish this place on my worst enemy.
regretful and remorseful - wrongturnRonda
Your experiences sound a lot like mine in Bryant! Of course, the people on this forum say I'm the problem. A city in AR can't possibly give off a negative culture vibe.
Your experiences sound a lot like mine in Bryant! Of course, the people on this forum say I'm the problem. A city in AR can't possibly give off a negative culture vibe.
I think the two of you should meet somewhere in the middle (Russellville maybe?) for a cup of coffee. You two seem like a match made in Heaven (if there is one - hopefully w/o the laser/rock show).
FWIW, I totally agree with your assessment of the churches. It is amazing how many Christian churches have abandoned the idea of clinging to the "old rugged cross" and now cling to "the next interesting event." Both seem a little silly though.
Lol, church-in-a-shed we just covered this in my teaching ESL class, when people slam words together to form new words.
40 of the 460 or so new students at the Lions Den (new dorms) are foreign exchange students. There is a new English Language Center (apparently the first in the state like it) and they will all be studying English for their first semester. I'm not sure if it's a one time thing or they plan to do this every semester.
It seems like something interesting is always happening Fort Smith lately but maybe it's just me.
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