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This Is What Life Is Like In Small Town Arkansas
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- čas přidán 11. 05. 2023
- Who would have thought this was Arkansas?
It sorta looks like it might be a touristy town, but it’s becoming more of a place to retire these days. Lots of old timers come here and see how we’re on the edge of the Ozarks and they see the home prices, and they’re like - you know what? I think I might stake a claim in this county.
There’s about 12,000 people here today, and every day someone moves to town. You can’t blame em.
Mountain Home is in between two lakes - the Norfork (ding) and Bull Shoals. This was actually one of the first water resort towns in the region because of all the fishing and boating they have here. There’s even a little bit of shopping, and dining and golf.
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This is the “Normal Life” that a “Normal” human being should live in 🤍💜💚 Not that noisy hectic life style in NY and other capitalists’ crazy states 🤪🐒
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@@user-nw6qp1ki2n The vissicitudes of life will seem to be painful and draining most times, but throwing in the towel so easily is never the mindset of any successful champion
@@mrb5422 Our love language has always been success, success, success!!
Success at every point in time no matter the challenges
This video made my spirit peaceful. It’s so nice to see places left in America that still reflect why this country used to be the greatest. Thank you, for another lovely segment.
Better than smashed windows and passed out people lying on the sidewalk.
Come to Louisiana 😃
You mean when the police would freely hose black people and have their dogs maul them? That America?
Truly said brother 👍🏻⭐️❤️
@@devintaylor8702 which part? I just left Louisiana and moved up here. To NW Arkansas. The crime in Louisiana was getting pretty bad.
You have shown that Arkansas, like most states is a dichotomy of places on the decline and those that are prospering. The best part of Arkansas is the folks that live there.
Nick Johnson absolutely carrying the CZcams Geography community on his back for years now
And Mappy 🤪 Mappie ?
I decided to move to Sharp county Arkansas after watching a series of videos including many of yours. I love your presentations and your humor is great. Hardy Arkansas has proven to be a beautiful small town surrounded by other small towns that are as friendly as one could ever imagine. After living in tampa, this visit renewed my faith in humanity, I now am a resident. And I can afford to buy land here!!
Very affordable here.
Nice Brother. Just here from Austin area.
I grew up in Mountain Home. Pretty accurate video. You went down the county road where I grew up! You covered just about everything. Thank you for showing mountain home for the good place that it is.
Hey that's my home town!! I grew up there and left in the early 2000's a little after high school. That town is a place of two halves. The ones who have and the ones who have not. Growing up there the town had a noticeable divide. So much so that the town had two bowling alleys (The poor one has since fallen apart). And if you had money you went to one and if you didn't you went to the other. Basically a blue collar/white collar divide. Most people I grew up with left for the simple fact that it's really hard to make good money there. Crime is usually related to meth in one way or another. But hardly an issue. It's a great place if you want a slower lifestyle. You have two great lakes and two great Rivers (White and Buffalo). So tons of outdoor stuff. The retirement community use to be at odds with the locals pretty bad like fighting against improvement to the schools, park improvements, etc. Basically if it didn't help them they didn't care or wanted it to impact their retirement funds. Also Bull Shoals was called Little Chicago, not Mtn Home. The best pizza in the area is Bush's Pizza in Bull Shoals. Gaston's use to be the big getaway for country stars like Willie Nelson and the like. But once the country stars went to wearing bedazzled pants that kinda stopped.
Nice info
I kind of figured that, this video "sugarcoted" the lifestyle there. It's still Arkansas...tornados and such, and heat and humidity that make summers almost unbearable. Nice place tho... I guess.
@@stillnotwoke it really is a nice place. But it does have some quirks. Tornadoes up there are slim. Too many hills. Heat and Humidity, well it's the south so it is what it is. And the guy did his best. Small towns you don't get much in the way of info unless you've lived there. At a glace lots of things will be missed.
I grew up in Hot Springs
It's Arkies and transplants, that's what it is.
"A town has a nervous system and a head and shoulders and feet. A town is a thing separate from all other towns, so there are no two towns alike. And a town has a whole emotion. How news travels through a town is a mystery not easily to be solved"-the pearl by john steinback
Awesome 😃👍
@@devintaylor8702 thank you I'm having to read this book for school and I thought the quote was applicable to this video.
@@inkinfinity7051John Steinbeck is one of the best! Please read his other works, as well. :)
@@angelat.8997 thanks I just might for classic reading purposes. I also love how diverse this book is and it's written respectfully too, which is nice. I finished watching gone with the wind and despite the horrible things I disagreed with it was an interesting movie; I do not condone slavery and I despised the rapey vibes captain butler gave off even though it wasn't meant to be rapey
@@inkinfinity7051 I just started reading John Steinbeck’s books before moving out of his home town area in California! What a coincidence!
A few years of my Professional Engineering career was spent working in Arkansas. My career took me all over the USA so I got to evaluate a lot of places for retirement. Arkansas was near the top of the list. Mountain Home was the second place on that list. Hot Springs was clearly my number one. The main reason back in 2007 was the nearby medical support in Littlerock AK. If Mountain Home now has a University and upscaled Medical facilities it may be number one. When making retirement plans for you and spouse make plans that one of you will likely be a widowed person in the fullness of time. Retirement location will be driven by the kids jobs locations.
Very thoughtfuI commentary. What do you think about the humidity IeveIs there? I've been to Fort Smith, Mountainburg, Branson, but never in the summers and faII when I suppose the humidity is the worst. I wouId greatIy appreciate knowing what you think on the subject. I'm a semi-retired teacher here in Nevada. Cheers
@@staralioflundnv I live just outside of Springfield MO a couple hours away but have land/small place on Bull Shoals on the west side that i spend about 25% of the time, not too far as the crow flies to Branson. I grew up in MN (but have lived for the past 30 yrs overseas in some really humid places) so when it comes to humidity it is really a personal matter. Generally speaking, I think one's body can get acclimated to what are considered high degrees of humidity or dryness after a season or 2. For me personally, i don't think the humidity is too bad in a place like this. Sure, it will have some periods of high humidity but not suffocating like FL and parts of TX. This area is kind of a confluence of the northerly jet stream and southerly jet stream so it has a nice balance to it imo. Evenings are mostly pleasant. i probably only use my AC 30% of the time during the evenings in the summer. One thing that i was surprised about this area is that it is sunnier than i thought, even in the winter. You may want to have a visit in June/July and then again in January -February.
@@staralioflundnv. I live in S. Arkansas just 18 miles from Louisiana and there’s a marked difference in the humidity in Northern Arkansas compared to S. Arkansas. If you don’t like humidity, don’t consider S. Arkansas. It’s brutal!
"What ? You can read in here!" Is my favorite part. Love Nick's videos and sense of humor. Thumbs up from me 👍
"I'm just peachy keen and ducky doo" - Is she for hire? That is the type of fun and warmth needed for spokesperson for a chamber of commerce!
Love these types of videos, Nick! You show so many places I've never heard of. Mountain Home seems like a great place to be. Loved hearing Vincent's insight on everything!
I had a family member build a resort in nearby Bull Shoals for the past 25 years. This video definitely touched me and was a definite walk down memory lane
Some of these places are so hidden, some places even exist in mountain ridges It's pretty cool living in the US
Thanksfor your reality based videos of places that great and places that stink. It helps us all to avoid bad moves.
Great video Nick. Arkansas is surprisingly pretty. Those lakes and rivers look really nice. Great fishing. Looks like a peaceful place. Be nice to visit Arkansas some time.
The natural state
They've got it good there. Hope they control the growth. Don't let it get too big. We need more open spaces like this.
Living in Wyoming and looking for a place like this to retire to. Mountains, rivers and lakes rank real high for us. Cost of living and crime are the #1 on our list. This sounds hopeful.
Oh my gosh, you are Iooking to Ieave Wyoming? That is a state that I am just starting to inquire about for potentiaI retirement. Can I ask about the high and Iow points of your current state? It wouId heIp me figure out if it shouId even be considered. I'm more a ruraI, country, near-wiIderness sort of person, NOT Iooking for hustIe bustIe IifestyIe and crazy traffic. Thank you.
I'd suggest Washingtons North Cascades and the small towns on either side of the pass, which closes every winter, isolating the beautiful mountains, lakes and rivers from regular summer tourists. COL is reasonable if frugal and simple. Crimes by homeless campers (trespassing, theft) is creeping up and most homeowners are armed - there's still bears, elk, bobcats wandering about!
@@staralioflundnv I love Wyoming just so you don't discount the state. But winters can be long and very cold. Not to mention the wind.....
@Star Ali Mistriel Do yourself a favor and spent a week or two in the winter before you pull the trigger. People seriously underestimate how much of a factor the wind is here. Also, winters are bit gloomy compared to our neighbor CO.
Winds and winters don't scare me. I Iived in White Pine County, Nevada for years, about a 45-1hour drive from EIy, and managed through some serious weather.
Too bad this was your last day in Arkansas. I'd love to see you come back and explore more of Hot Springs and check out Prospect, Quapaw, Eastgate, Trivista, Lake Hamilton Drive, Lakeland Dr., Lakeshore Dr., Burchwood Bay/ Ard Pt./ Bridgeview, Lakeshore Dr., Higdon Ferry Rd., MLK, Airport Rd., Marion Anderson Rd., Albright Rd./ Mt. Riante, Hwy 290, Carpenter Dam Rd., Lake Catherine State Park, Lake Ouachita State Park, Mountain Harbor Resort, De Gray Lake Resort State Park, McClendon Rd., Forest Lakes Garden Homes, Hot Springs Village and more
I'm an Englishman and emigrating to Calico Rock (45 mins from Mountain Home)
I CANNOT WAIT!
I’m a Canadian who’s travelled all around the US by car. Two weeks ago, I was planning on driving through Arkansas to Texas. It was my first time in the state and I can’t say enough good words. I was only supposed to drive through and I stayed two weeks. The scenery and landscapes are incredible in the NW. Sometimes I’d just get in my car and drive for 100 miles because it was so relaxing.The people are so kind and life moves at a much slower place. I think I honestly fell in love with Arkansas and I’m seriously thinking about moving there. What a place
Moving to NW arkansas in a couple months..selling my home in awful Massachusetts and cant wait...its breathtaking to say the least
It was scary how that older gentlemen casually mentioned homelesss people...Arkansas has the worst landlord/tenant laws in America...they are not kind to the poor at all so im not surprised that it got worse after covid smdh 🥺
As a Californian I'm shocked a democratic state does this to their homeless 😑
It got worse, much, much worse, across the country after lockdowns and business shutdowns. Take a look at the homelessness in Seattle, Portland, SF, LA, and now San Diego. And that's just the west coast. Where in the US are "they" kind to the poor?
Gaston's has a beautiful view from the restaurant.
That chicken fried chicken looks really good with that gravy!
That mini golf course would looks fun.
Great shot of that metal rooster!
That section of the lake @3:05 (and 21:03) is really pretty.
The part I liked the best was those wooded area down by the lake (might be a river...)
Wow you're so observant
@@NickJohnson Thanks!
Shhhh! Don’t tell anyone else about Arkansas ‘s best kept secret!
I agree I'm a Texas boy and Arkansas is a best kept secret
Haha-you fishing is hysterical😂
HAHAHAHA, that's what I thought too.
Whaaaat is wrong with it? I'm an OUTDOORSMAN!! 🎣 🐠
@@NickJohnson You'd be better off to cast your pearls before swine, than cast for fish... 😉
Hi, You live in New Hampshire?
I’m planning on relocating there but I don’t have enough information about the cost of living there and the weather condition.
If you are young, probably look elsewhere to live. But if you are done with the fast life, this place works.
Thank you for doing this video, Nick! I live a little under 2 hours from Mountain Home and it makes me happy to see that someone out there is willing to look at our natural state and not just see it as Little Rock and Pine Bluff. Great video Nick! Loved seeing it and looking forward to seeing new ones.
Me too!
This is the most accurate representation of what the USA is.
I've been to Northern AR once in the winter. It was beautiful driving through the trees on those back roads. I'd love to go in Autumn.
Hi Sarah, you live in New Hampshire?
Planning on relocating to NH but I’m a bit worried I have never visited to know the cost of living over there.
i’m from Pine Bluff, i’ve been watching your videos everyday when i get home from work, very informative and interesting. keep up the good work
Ok Joe awesome!!
Too bad Pine Bluff is just a shadow of what it used to be... I hope you got out.
@@stillnotwoke still here, i have a decent job and family here so i’m stuck for the time being lol
I thought you were going to break into a song when the music kicked in 😢 We all miss your amazing singing Nick
I have a cousin that lives in Mountain Home, Arkansas. His parents moved there many years ago. It's been so many years since I have been there.
And your point is?
@@stillnotwoke oh, my bad. Didn't realize that I needed to make one for you. It's a nice town. There's a point.
Been here. Loved it. Nice place. Everybody was super nice and Arkansas is VERY dog friendly!!
It was great seeing this video. I've heard of this town, know 3 people who live there, but have never been there myself. I enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing😊😊.
Beautiful video mate . Great to hear the youngsters are putting a bit back to community. Family is the backbone of all nature. Cheers.😊
Beautiful little town!! Seems so nice and peaceful....😊
That question about values is really effective and really catches people off guard.
My bestie moved to Mountain home a few years ago. We love it there
My husband's stepdad's daughter lives in Mountain Home. My husband died last year, and he and her had a falling out several years ago, so we had no contact with her. Beautiful place though. (Jan Griffiths).
That rain during the interview is so refreshing, my type of vibe with a few drinks.
Great American values are minding your own business and respecting boundaries.
We moved from the NW Chicago suburbs to the Twin Lakes in 1971. I was just a pup. I was 14 when I learned 'Damn Yankee' was two words. My parents are buried near Lake Norfork, RIP.
When I go to the lake these days, that means Lake Tahoe. Y'all take care now, mountain town.
Mountain home is beautiful
The ozark mountains by jasper and Buffalo River are exceptional, 'cotter trout dock' on the white river in cotter ark. Great fishing talk to Debbie.
I was from up the mountain from jasper arkansas pelsor , and lurton arkansas
Can't beat living in arkansas there is so much to do and see it's truly Beautiful
It's good to see this. Currently watching from rural Malaysia. Grass is greener here as it rains all the time!
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Thank You Nick For Your Town/City Exploration, Sounds Like Great News For Mountain Town Arkansas!
Oh!😂😂😂 LMAO at the way you said the lady was talking. YES, that's the way we talk. I started skiing on Lake Norfork 57 years ago at the age of 6 and have great memories. It took living in Houston TX for over 40 fighting felons on a daily basis to truly appreciate living in Arkansas and growing up on the lake. I remember when there was only a few stores in MH, Henderson was mostly where people went to camp. Your video is so real. Just got back from camping at Cranfield and looking forward going back next month. My father lives there now. Your video is realistic to how people are there. I have to share your video with my father.
Ok Tresa!
So, let me interpret this, you spent over 40 years fighting felons? Huh? What a life you must have lived!
I used to live in Mountain Home, left for better job opportunities and to be closer to family. Great town though, I miss it. One of my favorite vacation spots now.
Same here.
My parents are no longer around but my mom was from Arkansas. Little Rock.
Im thinking fishing aint your calling! Nice place👍
You forgot to mention that Gaston's is VERY popular with Pilots. They have a grass runway, and you can park your plane right across from the front door!
No I said that
The great movie 'Slingblade' was filmed in Benton, Arkansa (Saline County). Billy Bob Thorton is from Arkansas
Ain’t got no gas ⛽️ in it ...Mmm Hmm. 🤷♂️😏🤭🤫😆
@@tomtheplummer7322 Alright den......
That figures...
Great video! Beautiful town❤
My mom was born in Arkansas, this video makes me want to move there!
Chris Stapleton says….Gotta get down gotta down to Arkansas!
Great video. I hope as they develop they can maintain that open feel and community. Apartments and townhomes, well-designed, can ease housing challenges but need to be limited bc developers can just go overboard with density to get more units/$.
What kinda fishing was that at the beginning lol
As a kid I could catch sunnies and crappies with a kernel of corn dropping the line from the dock at Crystal Lake, in Burnsville, MN. It’s just across I-35 from Buck Hill, where championship skier Lindsey Vonn learned to snow ski.
looks like a beautiful area, I think it would be a nice place to vacation
Arkansas is one of the states on my list that im researching more. I want the nature and the easy access to it.
Love the way you cast lol
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Nick, saw this today. Family from the ozark region, cousin was post master there in Mountain Home. Couple things , well, one, drove me nuts , you fishing. Using a closed face reel and rod,Upside Down!! And not hitting the button to cast, no wonder it went out 5 feet from the dock. If you haven’t already, jump over to Mountain View Arkansas , especially in August. They have picking and a grinning going on. Right in the towns square. People just pull up a lawn chair and listen, folks from the hills come down play some down home country toons. You’ll enjoy it.
the reason small towns are dying is because they still pay for globalized services and goods based in major cities such as telecom, netflix, google, car companies, apple computers, or tons of imported goods from other countries. so their money flows out to major cities, or all across the world to god knows where.. and in return the money they make comes from local jobs mostly, so the money flowing in is less than out, eventually the town will be in poverty. unless the town is a vacation spot for the wealthy, in that case they make their money in major cities or other places, and money flows in from their tourism and stuff.
Thanks for sharing a great video 👍🇺🇲
That cast..hilarious ! and i never fished before.
Yeah, pretty lame... 🤣
Now, Nick, fishing is red neck? I've been fishing all my life, even had 2 boats. Guess I'm red neck 😊
Thank you for another great video. 🙏
I was gonna tell him, nobody fishes from a dock, what the hell you doing that's not fishing... lol I knew someone would
Get you out there in a Flippin-made Ranger, you'll be fishin
@@hankhillsnrrwurethra Had a VIP fish/ski and an aluminum boat. Loved to trot line but was in my little home town. Now I'm elderly and disabled so my fishing days are over. 🥺
Nice video,not entirely sure about the casting though 😅
I live on large acreage near Mena, Arkansas - the hidden jewel of Arkansas!
Not sure what you'd do there for a sustainable living, something to do with fishing and the outdoors I guess huh. Maybe its a good place to retire and already have some kind of income already. I'd want a tornado shelter, maybe that's a good business there too.
Bro if you come out to Cali let me know and I will give you a professional fishing lesson and guided trip. Looks like you could use a bro to help you with the casting even lol... there's many secrets to unravel about "Angling"... you have to be 1 with the rod and the water and the fish. Hope you caught something and had a good time Nick! 👊👍🎣🏞💯🔥
He's obviously not interested in that...more interested in fishing for clients, not that there's anything wrong with that. 😉
Been loving your videos, my wife and I are heading to NW Arkansas next week to start looking for a new home.
We attended MARIAN DAYS at Carthage Missouri from Louisiana go through Arkansas. We had to go through a pass, sitting in the car could look down into the abyss right next to the road that we were afraid of. From there we choose another route, although a little further but felt safer and only once did we pass through Arkansas again. 😄
That's my old school bus route!
Just kidding, AR has a hundred roads like that
what a beautiful place. wouldn't mind living there. thanks for sharing :)
I love this channel. Very insightful. Love the footage. And i like the narration.
Don't ever change.
I'm a frequent visitor to your channel.
Thank you!!!
Lol my dad moved to Mountain Home from Chicago, and he's a gunsmith.
Excellent video Nick! Thank you for sharing.
Hey Nick , ive been peachy keen before and maybe ducky doo but never at the same time 😅
I used to think that Fort Smith was the best town in Arkansas until I saw this video.
Nick and Mappy ❤❤❤😊
Mappy says HI Wanda!
Nice town. I live about an hour away and visit often. May even relocate there one day.
My family has been coming to Lake Norfork near Mountain Home for 4 generations. My great great grandfather was an engineer for the Utah Mining Company in the 40s and helped in the construction on the dam, and we'll as Hoover and Grand Coolie, he loved this area so much that he built a cabin here on his own in 1959, which served as a vacation home for my family ever since. My girlfriend and myself recently decided to to renovate and update the cabin and live here while we do it. I've been coming to this lake for 37 years and love it here. Granted, we are right on the lake and have a private dock, so we try not to go "into town" but once every 2 weeks at the most. 8 months out of the year it's very quiet, no traffic, no sirens, nothing, it's peaceful. My neighbors always help eatchother for free most of the time, literally help eatchother build houses. Everyone is friendly, keep to themselves unless you ask for help with something
Another amazing episode of National GEOGRAPHIC stateside... I never thought about the cemetery observation before but it makes sense.....🤓😲The man you interviewed could be the MAYOR without an election...
There are parts of the Buffalo River that is supposed to be some of the best float trips in America.
Truly enjoyed our visit at Rapp’s Barron in Mtn. Home.
Until next time,safe travels!!
Vincent
This isn’t just showing a Mountain Home. Gaston’s is in Lakeview. You stayed in Bull Shoals. There is video of Cotter. Cotter is the trout capital…not Mountain home. All in all…it’s a nice video.
People can't afford a dog anymore. Vet bills are sky high.
Good video, Nick😊 you were really cute when fishing 😂!
I am so surprised how pretty it is there! Thanks for sharing this place with us!
Until the "skeeters" get ya...
Hi Susan, how are you doing.
You live in New Hampshire?
I’m planning on relocating there but I don’t have enough information about the cost of living there and the weather condition.
Mountain Home looks like a charming town. I can't wait to check it out. Wonder if there's any honky-tonks or juke joints with live music 🤔 Another fantastic video Nick. You ROCK! 🤘🏼
No, it’s old time folk music banjos, and such…I think you’re thinking Nashville, TN
It hasn't much changed since the 1960s, and that's a good thing.
I’m from S. Arkansas and have always heard Hot Springs was the retiree town of Arkansas. Also Hot Springs has been called Southern Chicago because Capone had a home there. You really should’ve gone through Hot Springs or even NW Arkansas, they are both booming. Actually, our little town in S. Arkansas is booming and is having a great housing shortage due to industry development here and a thriving university. Arkansas has some of the lowest property tax in the nation. Retire or have disability Social Security, the low property tax goes even lower.
A+ video!
Looks like a unique area and has some interesting attractions.
This place looks like heaven to me.
Relaxing 😌
My father was cremated in Mountain Home, Arkansas 31 years ago. I can already sense your excitement. No need to alert the media. I’ve already done it.
Just missed you, my husband and I just blew through Mountain Home on our way to Mountain View, MO. Everything you said is true, Nick! But did you go to Flippin? Then you can say you HAVE been to "flippin'" Arkansas! Lolol
When I moved to Arkansas (Conway) from San Diego 30 years ago my mom actually asked me if they had paved street’s here.😂😂
Was that scorpion in your hotel room?? Yikeseola!
I'm buying a off grid in rural Oklahoma eastern Oklahoma and you helped me with that nick It's my get away survival camp thank you Nick
Thanks so much, I have been looking at the Mountain Home area for nearly twenty years. Selling my home here in Nevada City California and moving would be a bit much at my age. I have thought about buying a second home there also!
What a great town. Thanks Nick & Mappy
Mappy says you're welcome
I think it's type town that you can relax in but it's mostly for older people
So? 🤷♂️. We earned it. 😏👍🏻😆🤭🤫