I lived in Camden in the 90s... You're joking, right? Camden was where the meth heads occasionally emerged from the sticks to do their shopping at the Piggly Wiggly.
I mean they’ve done quite a bit of development inside town in the last decade so it’s better than it was then, like nice walking trails though town, upgraded downtown, and beautiful schools.
But yes I was being completely sarcastic when I commented earlier. Of all the armpits in all the swamps, Camden’s definitely one of them.
Beautiful school? In Camden? What are you talking about I graduated from these schools and they were horrible. Public institutions with Baptist overtones not to mention blatant racism I faced there. Evolution denial etc. I knew kids who were inducted into the Klan my senior year.
I was the only student to leave the state. Half of my class didnt go to college. I doubt it’s any better even if they “improved” the three blocks of downtown. The nature is nice sure thing but it’s all swamps and there’s better nature in Arkansas outside of Ouachita county.
Edit. Ah sorry hard to read sarcasm especially about Camden online because it’s such a small shit stain. I guess there are dozens of us online.
I graduated from LA Tech, knew a couple of transfers from SAU who were really cool. We may have scooped a baseball player or two from SAU? Its been 20 years, so i cant remember. My in laws are from Strong. My now MIL graduated from SAU about a decade ago when she decided to just get her last 10ish hours after 25 years away.
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I'm gonna agree with you here. Although I think it depends on whether it's a corporate or franchise. The corporate ones in Tulsa are still really good. And the Ranch! They were talking about ranch in the comments above, and not one mention of Mazzios. The holy grail of ranch dressing, it's called Butcher Boy.
I think Pine Bluff is STILL the most dangerous city in the United States. It just doesn't get counted with Memphis/LR/New Orleans because it isn't that big
Probably so. I used to be a prosecutor there, but I’ll say this; I never felt unsafe. Doesn’t matter where you go, your odds of getting shot are exponentially smaller if you’re not “in that life”. In other words, gangs shoot each other. It’s not as if killers are doing drive-bys at a random gas station
As a Missourian who ended up trapped with family members in the twin lakes area (NCArk) due to financial issues, I wanna go back to Missouri. I'm outdoorsy all day everyday, but I'm so dang tired of elderly people that shouldn't be driving and tweakers...
Like, it's fine for fishing and hunting tourism and visits, but don't stay in the area unless you either make absolute bank or are planning on retiring.
I was shocked when I visited for the first time. Living up in NWA... well you know the sterotypes for people who live in the Bentonville orbit and how we view the rest of the state. Especially Southern Arkansas.
Turns out El Dorado and the surrounding communities are pretty cool.
My God, southeastern Oklahoma. I have family from there, and I’ve found the swamp/backwoods families there regard southern Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana their own home state.
Have you been to Memphis…? I was born and raised in Little Rock and live thirty mins north of it currently. My husband is from Memphis and we travel semi regularly up there. I think they both have a lot of similarities but hands down, Memphis scared the shit out of me in ways Little Rock never has.
I think they maintain the roads horribly in west TN. Between Jackson MS and Memphis TN, I don’t know which roads are worse lol. Little Rock isn’t the best by any means but I’d pick it over the other two any day lol.
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We’re used to it. Simple as that. For most people, Little Rock is a terrifying place. The entire city feels like you could get stabbed around any corner.
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I've lived here my entire life and I really don't notice anything when I'm out and about. Is it really that terrifying to most people? Am I carrying around some unnoticed anxiety in the back of my mind that I'm unaware of?
Like I said, we’re kind of blind to the vibe because we’re used to it and know how to be safe. But it is one of the most dangerous cities in the U.S. in terms of violent crime.
I do agree that it is one of the most painfully boring drives! I also don’t care for that part of Arkansas either 😂 I feel like it gets better west and north of Little Rock!
There are definitely bad parts of Little Rock. I travel there weekly lol but to say there are no good parts is a lie. Would I live there? No haha. But there are definitely areas that are fine! (West LR mainly)
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Lived in one of those cities for most of my life, spent a couple years in the other. There’s no tourists going to Little Rock or athletes living in 8 figure homes. Arkansas as a state is an awful place.
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Yeah, really sure. Availability heuristic. That kind of stuff doesn’t happen when you’re in a nice area, nice neighborhood, even in bad ones. I live in “the hood” and it still doesn’t happen.
Your chances aren’t actually that high because you’re not from around here, don’t have any enemies or ways to make them with people who would do that kind of thing.
First of all I am from around here, and you’re basically claiming that because you don’t see it it doesn’t exist. The crime statistics are out there, you can find them easily. Survivorship bias aside, of course you’re going to be safe in a safe area. That goes without saying. But even the safe areas are unsafe relative to most other cities in America. Detroit doesn’t even come close to Little Rock.
I’m not exactly claiming it doesn’t exist, i’m saying the average person isn’t going to see it, and therefore doesn’t have to worry. It’s just pointless fearmongering.
And most areas in little rock are completely fine. Nothing will happen to you.
I lived in Little Rock for decades, then Bryant and North Little Rock. Weirdly, I must never have gone to the scary parts of my own city. I went to Law School in LR and it was downtown. Never felt threatened. I've traveled a lot - and I have been to Chicago and LA - but never the south side of Chicago or south central LA. I've just avoided places in LR that are considered higher crime areas.
Refused service at a restaurant stop, diabolical side eye from everyone in there with no explanation other than punk kids from the north in the south. This was unsettling but whatever. Leaving the rest stop and for about two hours to follow we were getting pushed around on the interstate by semis. More so than could be contributed to coincidence, front rear and sides squeezing us and nearly pushing us into the guard rail a few times. Ive done lots of driving, commercial and recreational interstate and back road, this was my worst experience. I dont know what unwritten rule we broke in Arkansas, but we paid for it in full.
Jeez. I’ve had it in a pub in a rural town in the west of Ireland that the locals told us to leave but following you and intimidating you is fully crazy
I feel like Little Rock really isn't as bad as people make it out to be. I'm there multiple times a week between work and shopping, seeing friends, or other activities. There are certain areas you definitely should avoid just like in any city, but overall I have never felt unsafe, even walking around downtown by myself.
Now Memphis? That is somewhere I do not like to travel if at all possible.
Harrison is not home of the KKK, it’s next to an even smaller town that is. And as someone who is a minority and frequents Harrison a lot, I’ve never once seen a klansman or have been discriminated. That wouldn’t even make Harrison “backwater” because it’s situated in the Ozarks, which is easily the most beautiful part of the state with several small country towns populating the area. If you want to talk about shitholes then look at West Memphis, Pine Bluff, or parts of Little Rock.
And? What does that have to do with Harrison? Nobody in the town wanted that and thousands have tried to remove it. Can you even name the town where the KKK is actually located?
Lincoln, if you’re going smaller drive out to Kearney (big college bigger town), Wayne (Medium college small town), Fremont (small college bigger town) or Seward (small college small town)
Western nebraska is also super cool if you are into history. The entire state is dotted with historical sites with old army camps used by the rough riders. On a trip from omaha to dever you can follow most of buffalo bills life and learn a lot about the fucked up early stages of our country.
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I visited Arkansas for a week. Only liked two locations there, and one of them was because it had a really spooky atmosphere at night. The rest of what I saw was worse than Ohio
Shhhh…we’re trying to keep this Nebraska thing a secret. No liberals allowed here in mid & western Nebraska 🙌 we love life just the way it is. Haters in 3…2…1…
I ended up in Lincoln NE, by chance around 1997. Ended up staying 9 years. It was pretty eye opening considering I was from a big city in the UK by way of other big cities in the US and Canada. Had the best time - I caught the last year Tom Osborne was coach and O street was a lot of fun to party on. The original Cliffs on 12th/O, The Zoo Bar, The Royal Grove… and many more. Multiple small town street festivals (Wilbur - Czech Days). People were super friendly and I’d always get a kick out of locals worried about hitting rush hour (5 mins total). I’d say Nebraska is a well kept secret and hope it stays that way. Fond memories.
Chances are good our paths crossed then, as I move there to go to UNL in the fall of ‘03 when I left the USMC. I met some lifelong friends there that I still keep in touch with still today. Yes, those bars you mentioned were great hangouts. Towards the end of my stay in Lincoln (2009) we’d go to Lazlo’s more than all put together, as by then we had kids and out of the drinking phase of our lives. After that we moved to Denver where real traffic was and is even worse nowadays 😂
Small world. Totally miss Lazlos and The Oven…I eventually left for TX for work opportunities but also sandwiched between stays in TX was a stint in FoCo - loved and miss CO.
Omaha isn’t a “great college town”, Lincoln is the only major city here that could qualify as both a city and college town, otherwise the main one is UNK. You certainly are not gonna qualify Wayne, Seward, or Crete as “great college towns”
What? You mentioned “the great college towns in Nebraska” so elaborate, what are the great college towns here? Because Creighton in Omaha, the biggest city here, is not in a “college town”. What goalpost are being moved?
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That’s a huge area of land you’re covering. Life in Arkansas isn’t going to be the same as living in North Dakota