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Originally Posted by Take a History Class

3. People are friendlier down here, by a considerable margin. It really is the South.

Of course this is highly subjective and dependent on location, personalities, and very specific circumstances.

I too have lived in various parts of both states (about 20 years in AR and 12+ in MO) and found them to be pretty much the same in the friendliness department.
For a person in NWA, I suppose the energy and hype can add to the experience.

[GABESTA535]

Missouri just voted to legalize marijuana while Arkansas voted to continue to criminalize it, so I think it's pretty clear that Arkansas is the state that prefers more government interference in people's everyday lives. The difference in liquor laws between the two states also confirm this.

[latunafish]

Originally Posted by GABESTA535

Missouri just voted to legalize marijuana while Arkansas voted to continue to criminalize it, so I think it's pretty clear that Arkansas is the state that prefers more government interference in people's everyday lives. The difference in liquor laws between the two states also confirm this.

Honestly, that really surprised me. I read yesterday that the large republican turn out was the turning point against it. I am not taking sides on the red/blue divide, but I was for decriminalizing marijuana. ( and that discussion could go on all day and night)

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It’s a small sampling of how conservatism is played out from one place to the next.
Arkansas has a stronger evangelical presence. This is not the left-right issue people portray it as.
Missouri has always been a bit libertarian-leaning. Probably the most hands-off state I’ve lived in.
However, MO covers the basics like infrastructure pretty well. Its conservation department is also quite good, and the public schools are generally serviceable by public school standards.
The downside is that it can be a little wild-west feeling in a way.
Arkansas has always been more wary about vices. Personally, I’m more socially conservative like that, but in a free-ish society you have to put up with some stuff within reason.

[TRex2]

Originally Posted by sub

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Arkansas has always been more wary about vices. Personally, I’m more socially conservative like that, but in a free-ish society you have to put up with some stuff within reason.

I agree. While it isn't a straight Left/Right issue, Conservatives do tend to resist adding another vice to the, already long, list of vices allowed by our society.

I have no problem with Medical use (although I think control should be a little tighter), which is why I told the poster in another thread that their argument was irrelevant. We had already gone over that topic, the topic of that thread was recreational use.

Personally, having seen a couple of my friends destroyed by recreational use of Cannabis I tend to resist anyone who is telling people that it is harmless to go down that path.

[gemstone1]

Originally Posted by sub

It’s a small sampling of how conservatism is played out from one place to the next.
Arkansas has a stronger evangelical presence. This is not the left-right issue people portray it as.
Missouri has always been a bit libertarian-leaning. Probably the most hands-off state I’ve lived in.
However, MO covers the basics like infrastructure pretty well. Its conservation department is also quite good, and the public schools are generally serviceable by public school standards.
The downside is that it can be a little wild-west feeling in a way.
Arkansas has always been more wary about vices. Personally, I’m more socially conservative like that, but in a free-ish society you have to put up with some stuff within reason.

Not so according to the National Association of Evangelicals....Evangelical Christians more often identify as Republican.

"By the end of the 1980s, evangelical voters had become an essential part of the Republican base. Republican candidates and party leaders actively sought evangelical voters, crafting issue appeals to win their support."

Sounds like Evangelism is a left/right issue...more right.

[Sarahann25]

When I lived in Harrison, AR I rarely locked the door to my house. I did lock my door in Fayetteville AR since it was a larger community, but didn’t worry much if I forgot to lock the door. Obviously, I think NWA is a safe area to live in. There had been only one or two murders in the previous 100 years when I was there. It has to do with demographics. Property taxes were cheap in Harrison and there are many beautiful hiking trails. People that believe in prepping (survivalists) tend to move to NWA. If you break into a house there you don’t have to worry about government interference (police) because the homeowner will shoot you with the approval of everyone in town. Lol.

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Originally Posted by gemstone1

Not so according to the National Association of Evangelicals....Evangelical Christians more often identify as Republican.

"By the end of the 1980s, evangelical voters had become an essential part of the Republican base. Republican candidates and party leaders actively sought evangelical voters, crafting issue appeals to win their support."

Sounds like Evangelism is a left/right issue...more right.

I was saying marijuana is not as much of a left-right issue as people make it out to be.
Of course evangelicals lean right.

[gemstone1]

Apologies, I misread your post.

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Originally Posted by TRex2

I agree. While it isn't a straight Left/Right issue, Conservatives do tend to resist adding another vice to the, already long, list of vices allowed by our society.

I have no problem with Medical use (although I think control should be a little tighter), which is why I told the poster in another thread that their argument was irrelevant. We had already gone over that topic, the topic of that thread was recreational use.

Personally, having seen a couple of my friends destroyed by recreational use of Cannabis I tend to resist anyone who is telling people that it is harmless to go down that path.

Yeah, people will soon enough remember why certain things were outlawed to begin with.
Those with certain political inclinations might realize it wasn’t just “racism”.

Complete criminalization may not have been the way to go but casual normalization isn’t either.
Again, I feel the same way about alcohol and gambling.

I would argue that this overly permissive trend has devastating ripple effects that we see play out elsewhere.

Back to the thread, the average person isn’t likely to notice a huge difference between the two states in terms of freedom unless they’re hung up on very specific things.