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Such a good video. Thank you!

I think the best way to get to the meat and potatoes off whether someone should or shouldn’t move to the area comes down to a few things: cost of housing: it was at one point much cheaper to move to NWA than the majority of major metro areas. That’s not the case anymore. Housing is comparable to Austin Texas, Madison Wisconsin, and Charlotte NC. If you want to buy a home in NWA you will need to be a cash buyer. The infrastructure to build more affordable housing is a decade behind. Housing has reached crisis levels and sprawl is becoming the only solution. The area is no longer an escape. It is still a great place for young families and people to grow their savings. It is no longer the housing market it was. As prosperity has boomed, crime has increased in congruence. I moved out of nwa because my landlord raised rates past what I could afford.

Thank you so much

3.5 hr Drive for OKC Thunder....

How about the bugs?

We are planning to move next year … we currently live in Florida … Everything about this video is perfect for us !!!

Just don't stay at the no tell motel or hang out west of Main Street at night and you'll be fine.

How funny i come across this video,,,i am a 62 yr old male, and my girlfriend is 66, and this September we are driving from California to Missouri,to take up residence there, we're headed to parkville MO, i have never been, my girlfriend's from Missouri, her family is there,,, I'm excited, something new for me, i really dont know what to expect, my girlfriend thinks i will love it, and i trust her, so i decided to go for it, I'm pretty laid back, i am Hispanic, i hope that wont be a issue for me, i dont see why it would be, but I'd be lying if i said it didn't cross my mind,,, anyways, Here's To NEW BEGINNINGS!

I generally agree with everything you said, but would add a con for people moving here from other parts of the country.... Allergies. With 4 distinct seasons and all the beauty of the forested mountains, the deep wooded valleys, and the flowers and the grasslands, etc. ...comes pollen.... a lot of it. It's not as bad as some areas (also in this part of the country) but much worse than the northern climates, the western or eastern part of the US.

Showing fast drive down a road really didnt help

Springfield public schools are really good if you have a kid with an IEP. My non IEP kid has been to 3 different elementary schools here and out of the three, Delaware Elementary is the best. Sunshine was also good, but my 9 year old is adamant about NEVER going back to Bingham because shes afraid of the teachers there. They also have 20+ kids in a class with one teacher while at Delaware it's like 12 kids to a teacher and they get a TA. My IEP kid was placed at Delaware but I was able to get my other kid transferred. Transfers are based on space and if your kid is out of district you will have to take care of transportation. They do have pay-to-ride bussing, pricing reduced if your kid qualifies for free lunch. The only thing I dont like is that there are no public school sports. If you want your kid in little league or something you have to go through the park board.

Do you pay taxes on groceries?

I just spent the whole video looking st the beautiful scenery behind you. Im sold, im on my way 😂

the information starts at 3:10

I applied for a teaching job at Rogers elementary while I was in a New York graduate school. They didnt even bother rejecting me. Id love to move to NWA if I can find a teaching job. I'm a sanity refugee from the People's Republic of New York😅

Great ❤ take care always 🙏✝️🙏❤️

5 things to know about golf courses?

Planing to move to the Ozark’s Arkansas my husband is looking for a property there hopefully we find something soon.

What about Benton AR. Tell me about Benton very urgent.

nice video, thanks for doing this

Can't wait to go there!! Roger, Arkansas for student exchange>.< Thank You for sharing Chris!!

Is horse shoe bend a nice area ?

Is northwest arkansas good place for a young professional single female to move to?

compare joplin to telluride colorado

You’ve given me a lot to think about!

Can you help me?I want to go in USA.I love USA

Did he mention Siloam Spgs and the Illinois River w kayaking?

Best places to live is a curse…. Ask Austin how that worked out being ranked #1 for years. Now it’s full of transplants and completely changed the city.

Limited housing right now...$$$$ rent...consider outlying areas for more affordable housing. Lots of construction right now, heavy traffic...not the small town feel it used to be. It does take longer than 20 minutes to get to Beaver Lake...traffic.

Nice video. I'm trying to talk my wife into moving someplace slower paced and much cheaper. Tampa, Florida is now officially insanely expensive.

NWA has zero legit unemployment... anyone here that "can't find a job" just doesn't want to work...

NWA is extremely safe with zero random violent crimes, we have no car-jackings, no car thefts really, any violent crime is always domestic... the whole NWA metro area has maybe 4-5 murders a year and its almost always domestic...people here don't even lock car doors and houses are left unlocked...you can get a pizza or taxi to any part of NWA at 2am, most metro areas you can't get a pizza or taxi to "that side of town" after dark...

NWA and the overall general area has tons of surface water(beaver, Bull shoals, and Norfork lakes) and a high ground water table, so NWA will never run dry on water, so the growth in NWA can keep exploding with out fear of running dry on water...

I'm moving from Houston to Fayetteville in October, super excited. The weather, traffic, public transit, and especially the humidity is absolutely brutal here in comparison. I know it's all relative but from our experience in Fayetteville before deciding to move, we felt it was a better match for our lifestyle.

Glad you recorded through the rain it’s stunning!!

Old friends are there from South Louisiana Rick n Mike.. I passed through once. Missouri is a beautiful state.

Hi what neighborhood are these houses located?

Looking from Tampa, Florida. Insanely expensive here now.

I need to find more info about lake front with a dock in NW AR to park my Mastercraft! 😁 WPS!!!!

What do folks who live in Joplin think about the area around East 20th and S. Conneticut? I am considering moving there from NE Oklahoma, but am new to the area so appreciate any feedback folks might have.

Joplin is NOT like a suburb to the bigger cities. Joplin is a metro area and the population doubles and even triples from people in the area coming in to work, shop, eat, etc. It's a small town with low crime and we are close enough to KC, Tulsa, and St. Louis to drive if there's an event in one of those cities we want to go to.

This is well organized and informative.

Are flight fares expensive given that it is a smaller airport?

I just came across your video today..I currently stay in Maryland..I have been looking to leave The Washington DC area as It is too crowded and too expensive.....I am a simple man..I just want to work and relax...I will do my research on you city...I look forward to learning more and more about Bentonville.....I will look at more of your videos...Any information you may think will be helpful please let me know... Peace and Blessings to you

What is the small business environment like? My husband is a carpenter.

Guns in Springfield Mo: don't ever think you can use ur guns. They will give u a thousand yrs in some country ass prison. Yes you can carry them but don't ever use them 💯

🙏🏻 Thanks for cheering the video we use to live in Hot Springs AR and staring the pandemic we move to East Texas which we don't like it at all. We want to move back to Arkansas but I'm looking forward to move to Bella Vista and start a new life from the zero! 🙏🏻

But what about crime in those areas? We have a family and are wanting a SAFE place to live. I want my kids to be able to play outside and not worry about them.

I really wish Springfield had better bike lanes... Live near southern hills, and riding the Galloway Greenway really introduced me to the idea of not owning a car. Springfield has some awesome fabric for an awesome walkable town though. Also for the fact of red state, Springfield IS red. But alot of people have progressive ideals that favor people over parties.

I really appreciate your honesty. You don’t sugar coat anything.