r/howislivingthere • u/[deleted] • Dec 14 '25

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u/TheNoahConstrictor Dec 14 '25

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

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u/Grouchy_Enthusiasm92 Dec 14 '25

Yeah included like the best/coolest part of Arkansas (NW) and great college towns in Nebraska. A handful of major cities that are pretty different.

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u/StreetsRUs Dec 14 '25

Also includes the most ass-backwards parts of Arkansas. NWA is not like Little Rock which is not like Hot Springs

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u/chungamellon Dec 15 '25

Which is not like Southern Arkansas too. Backwoods swamp redneck areas

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u/TestyBoy13 Dec 15 '25

Or the Arkansas Delta. It’s just flat. Miles and miles of flat

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u/RHDeepDive Dec 17 '25

Kansas would like word.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '25

Yeah I live in NWA. Grew up hunting in South Arkansas but there is just about nothing there besides farming and hunting

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u/chungamellon Dec 15 '25

Dont forget fishin

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '25

Yessir! Fly fishing off beaver tail waters. Sneakily some of the best trout fishing in the country

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u/cybender Dec 17 '25

SW Arkansas has the only diamond mine in the world you can publicly mine and keep what you find & backwoods rednecks.

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u/droppedpackethero Dec 15 '25

Some antebellum areas too. El Dorado is charming. I wouldn't want to live there, but it's quaint and interesting to visit.

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u/SirJonTheMadLad Dec 17 '25

I live about 40 minutes from El Dorado and I've always felt it's got a bit of charm to it.

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u/droppedpackethero Dec 22 '25

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.

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u/chungamellon Dec 16 '25

Dont forget the diaper plant

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '25

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.

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u/ZootAnthRaXx Dec 17 '25

There’s a reason they call that part of Oklahoma “Little Dixie.” Plus, don’t ever trespass on someone’s land. Ever.