Northwest Arkansas Is Horrible. (Little Rock, Bella Vista: relocate, transplants, trip)

[The A-Team]

Even before i moved away i never thought it was overcrowded when it was all i was used to. Now that i've moved away, i love going to fayetteville to have a nice relaxing country vacation visiting family and not having to deal with bad traffic, crime, etc. But of course i'm happy to get back to the city afterwords, couple years in one and its hard to go back

[MSN]

Originally Posted by undertheironsea

Really now?

Remind me not to go to that McDonald's, haha. Sorry that happened to you. I'm actually shocked that would happen in broad daylight around here.

It's a night class that ends at 8:30 pm, so the incident happened shortly after. I travel there once a week (and daily last summer) and I'm sure this was an isolated incident; it's just irritating to deal with people like that who are up to no good. Just goes to show that everyone has their share of troublemakers.

[undertheironsea]

Originally Posted by MSN

It's a night class that ends at 8:30 pm, so the incident happened shortly after. I travel there once a week (and daily last summer) and I'm sure this was an isolated incident; it's just irritating to deal with people like that who are up to no good. Just goes to show that everyone has their share of troublemakers.

Ahhh. The kids get bored around here after dark and usually hang out in parking lots looking for something to get into. It's becoming more and more common.

Of course, no place is a paradise. But it is a pain in the rear end when stupid people do stupid things.

[wiseguymn]

When I was a kid in NW AR in the early 80s we all used to cruise wallmart and the dixieland mall there was a fight now and then, or we would find empty lots in Bella Vista and have parties until the police showed up and run us out, there was lots of parties out in the sticks up across the state line in misouri around Cassville were it wasnt uncommon for the misouri rednecks and ar rednecks to start fighting there was knives and guns every now and then most of us lived through it and wouldnt change that part of growing up for anything.There is alot more to do there now than there was back then for everyone and I cant understand why anyone wouldnt love it there. Life is what you make of it where ever your at. Even the rednecks that liked to fight were not rude people.So I dont get where this guy is coming from saying NW AR is so bad

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by wiseguymn

When I was a kid in NW AR in the early 80s we all used to cruise wallmart and the dixieland mall there was a fight now and then, or we would find empty lots in Bella Vista and have parties until the police showed up and run us out, there was lots of parties out in the sticks up across the state line in misouri around Cassville were it wasnt uncommon for the misouri rednecks and ar rednecks to start fighting there was knives and guns every now and then most of us lived through it and wouldnt change that part of growing up for anything.There is alot more to do there now than there was back then for everyone and I cant understand why anyone wouldnt love it there. Life is what you make of it where ever your at. Even the rednecks that liked to fight were not rude people.So I dont get where this guy is coming from saying NW AR is so bad

you know what? I was about to say something similar to what you are saying: I was a kid in the 50s and would rather forget what we did from time to time. Then I raised my kids, teens in the late 70s to very early 80s, OMG: I may have thougth they were pretty good kids, but I now have learned some of what they were up to and guess what? Now it is grandkids. all these things are part of growing up. If you or your kids didn't do a few things that adults thought were not right then either you were really boring or you have a short memory. Nita

ps btw, by most standards I was a pretty good kid and so were my kids

[kirbyjack]

I know this thread has been quite for a while, but it's been very interesting to read. I am a NWA native, and don't find it overcrowded at all. Yes, we're going through a big boom which is great for our economy. I find that most people are friendly to others, even those who they don't know.

[bchris02]

I like to say NWA is so popular because it offers this American Dream(TM) at a Wal-Mart price. People can make similar wages in NWA as places like Plano and Naperville, but the cost of living is a lot cheaper so you have more disposable income, which means more eating out at PF Changs and Red Lobster. I am sure, as most suburban areas, the schools are good and its a great place to raise a family.

The one problem I have with NWA and its reputation is that people hype it up so much when in fact its pretty much just a typical American sprawl of suburbia. Chain restaurants, strip malls, gated subdivisions galore! There is nothing you can find in NWA thats not in Germantown, TN, Edmond, OK, or even Conway, AR. The difference is these things are reletively new to NW Arkansas because just a couple decades ago it was nothing more than a sleepy corner of a rural state. NWA can really be impressive to those who were familiar with the area before the Wal-Mart boom, but to someone who has been around to many places, I don't see what the big deal is other than low-cost suburban living.

[nmnita]

Interesting article in our paper today about population growth. Of course most of it is in the south/soutwest with Dallas and Altanta leading the pack. The only city or area in the midwest/northern Southern tip that made the top cities or areas for growth was Fayetteville/NWA.

Nita

[The A-Team]

Like i've said before to about the 1 person that says this lol, NWA isn't just a big bunch of sprawl. You must remember, NWA was a smaller, more rural area that has undergone drastic growth, so its not like they could just throw together a big downtown and call it a day. It is an area developing quickly from small to bigger, and the metro is catching up to the biggest in the state at surprising rates. Again if you are looking for a real city experience, you wont find it in Arkansas lol, NWA doesn't have a specific central heart to it, and little rock is small and doesn't have much of a downtown, with not much to do,not really any skyscrapers or anything of the sort, and from most accounts dead most of the time anyways.

[bchris02]

Originally Posted by The A-Team

Like i've said before to about the 1 person that says this lol

I am like the only regular poster on this forum representing central Arkansas. It really is NWA dominated with a few people from rural parts of the state. I am also on another urban development forum that has more Little Rock members and more people agree with me.

As for real urban areas, Little Rock comes close but to experience a real city you have to go to Memphis, Tulsa, or Kansas City.

Anyways, I didn't even mention LR in my original post in this thread.