RGV(Rio Grande Valley) vs NWA(North West Arkansas) (living, state, better)
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ItWhich region do you prefer based on jobs, safety, things to do, amenities, people and connectivity/interaction between cities in the region:Rio Grande Valley (Brownsville, McAllen, Harlingen) or North West Arkansas (Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, Bentonville)?
RGV is way better. Very warm winters, beautiful beaches, thriving with exotic cultivations. Not to mention much larger cities with more amenities and multicultural import, as per Mexican proximity - in fact, some cities on the Mexican side are even larger than their American counterparts. Just an all-round sexy, tropical Latin vibe.
South Texas is incredibly unique. You got the gulfcoast to the East, with a more tropical vibe, almost reminiscent of parts of SoFla or Southwest Florida. Areas like Brownsville, South Padre, Corpus, etc, even have tropical plants like Royal Palm Trees, coconut palms, etc. The resemblance to SoFla is eerily similar. But then, when you drive an hour or so West of these communities to the Western portions of South Texas(IE, Laredo, Del Rio, etc) the landscape changes to an almost semi-arid or stepe climate, with small cacti, desert palms, and wide open plains and cloudless skies. All of this in one region. All of it in South Texas.
NWA for sure. RGV is not a great place to live - extremely poor (poorest counties in the entire state and probably the closest you can get to living in Mexico-style poverty in the southwestern US), little to do outside of going to South Padre Island for the beach (which is a very nice beach).
The only aspect of the Rio Grande Valley I would prefer over Northwest Arkansas is the winter climate. I believe this region is probably further from another state than anywhere else in the continental US, and is very culturally and economically removed from the American mainstream. There is some good quality citrus fruit from the area.
NWA for sure. RGV is not a great place to live - extremely poor (poorest counties in the entire state and probably the closest you can get to living in Mexico-style poverty in the southwestern US), little to do outside of going to South Padre Island for the beach (which is a very nice beach).
Thing is, the NWA isn't exactly a thriving area of commerce. Especially considering the specific NWA cities the OP listed are much smaller than the RGV cities, not to mention that quite a few of those RGV cities are, in fact, extensions of international metropolitan areas that contain plenty of well-to-do cities with great opportunity - as long as one can adjust to living in Mexico. Brownsville, for instance, is basically the "poorer-suburb" of Matamoros, Tamualipas across the border.
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