[blkfirsprk]

I grew up in Fort Smith and I would love to see it grow. But after college I may end up moving somewhere a little more exiting.
I will give Fort Smith credit for UAFS, I think they have done a pretty good job with it. It's not the most exiting college but it is growing.

[AllenKarber]

Originally Posted by AndrewH

fort smith is just typical arkansas, so much potential yet no one has the interest.and these non-witnessing self proclaimed christians.. maybe there arent really so many REAL christians that are in the church for the right reason. I just posted my first post downing arkansas as a whole,i found it funny to read this post and its replys that describes my post to a T.. Arkansas is a horible place and by the time they have all there preoblems corrected, they will be too proud of themselves for anyone else to tolerate.

To dismiss all of Arkansas ( and all church people) as horrible is truly unjustified. We have tons of problems here,and I can think of tons of places I'd rather live. It's really hard to come back from vacation every year. Not all of the people and places are "horrible" though.

[fancygal]

RogMar
Thank you for your post. I may of been misunderstood in my original post. I am interested in Fort Smith and surrounding areas for that very reason. I have had it up to here with sophisticated people and McMansions.
I loved Evening Shade and was raised with people not only like that but more like Mayberry or Father Knows Best folks. Where a handshake was enough and you could go next door for a stick or butter or a cup of sugar.
In fact after doing a ton of research I am thinking that Ft. Smith may very well be where I may be one day.
I take all data into account. I do understand people are not clones and I actually like uniqueness. I believe in the Lord and find it hilarious that until about the 1960s most people feared the Lord or at least had a respect for those that do. Self sufficiency is fine when you understand your limits.
I am glad I found this forum though. I understand much more how and why things are happening in NWA. Very interesting in fact to tell the truth.
People that take things slow are not always ignorant either. The biggest mistake is to think the lot fell off of a turnip truck yesterday.

[RogMar]

Originally Posted by fancygal

RogMar
Thank you for your post. I may of been misunderstood in my original post. I am interested in Fort Smith and surrounding areas for that very reason. I have had it up to here with sophisticated people and McMansions.
I loved Evening Shade and was raised with people not only like that but more like Mayberry or Father Knows Best folks. Where a handshake was enough and you could go next door for a stick or butter or a cup of sugar.
In fact after doing a ton of research I am thinking that Ft. Smith may very well be where I may be one day.
I take all data into account. I do understand people are not clones and I actually like uniqueness. I believe in the Lord and find it hilarious that until about the 1960s most people feared the Lord or at least had a respect for those that do. Self sufficiency is fine when you understand your limits.
I am glad I found this forum though. I understand much more how and why things are happening in NWA. Very interesting in fact to tell the truth.
People that take things slow are not always ignorant either. The biggest mistake is to think the lot fell off of a turnip truck yesterday.

Hey......yer welcome.

If you've read many other threads, you'll find a recurrent attitude that if one wants to settle in Arkansas, you can pretty much find whatever environment you want.

Arkansas, like any other state, has it's big citys/urban environment, and it's backwoods/backroad settlements.

As you can probably tell, there are people here who thrive on the intellectual environment and faster pace of the larger diversified areas, and then there's some of us to whom a front porch and a visit with the neighbor while you watch the deer feed is about as fast as we want to move.

I didn't join a church for quite a while when I got here, 'cause I don't like being beat half to death with the bible.

Boy....was I wrong.

After turning down an invitation a couple of times, I was treated/accepted no differently than before.

I finally decided to visit, and the first time I walked into that one-room country church, and saw my friends and met new ones, and listened to the minister, who was wearing cammo pants and a sport shirt w/tail hanging out, talk about finding God in the "turkey woods", well...I knew even ol' RogMar can have mistaken pre-conceived notions, and unfortunately can miss something in life because of that.

That, would be a big mistake.

I have always prided myself on turning my back on nothing, being comfortable with people having opposing views, and thinking, overall, I got some kind of a grip on this crazy thing we call "life".

I, unfortunately, am human....therefore I err.

But I make sure I learn from it.

Jus' livin' la vida loca in the hills.

[blkfirsprk]

Where a handshake was enough and you could go next door for a stick or butter or a cup of sugar.

Well shucks ma'am.