Something that’s missing is that in spring and summer is it’s so green and even more beautiful. Like a rain forest. Moved to Bella Vista almost 2 years ago from California. I absolutely love the area. So many gorgeous places in Arkansas, the natural state. You really don’t get it unless you’ve been.
From California, and stayed a week in Bentonville, the last week of October. Even in a "dry" year, the Fall colors were beautiful! So much outdoor activity to participate in. We will be back!
Been in Bentonville and Bella Vista for the last 17 years. Moved here from Southern California and never looked back. Definitely need to come back in the spring and fall. The square has a farmers market on Saturday mornings. We also have what’s called First Fridays. It’s so cool to just see everyone out enjoying all the fun that comes to town. We also have the Bentonville Film Festival, and Walmart Shareholders every year. Such a great place to live and call home. Thank you for the video
I went on vacation a few years ago and stopped in Bentonville, Arkansas to find a stop-over and ended up staying overnight. All of the people there were so warm and friendly, waving and smiling. Beautiful town full of beautiful, awesome friendlies!! I would love to go back there again one day.
Being someone who has lived here my whole life, it is SO weird to know what people think of this place, especially given the fact that they’ve never been here! Thank you so much for your video :) So many good memories, some of the most beautiful being biking to the square in the summer where me and my friends would get a snack at (surprise) Walmart. Sitting in the square with a drink and a snack is just so awesome, and truly beautiful. No video will ever to the colors of this town justice tho 😭 Truly is a beautiful place, y’all should for sure put this in your visit list
Want to see a small town, Head toward Mountainburg, AR. and go to Chester. It’s an old town and really small. I own an 80 acre parcel above Chester and have to pass through to get to my property. It’s a beautiful drive through the Boston Mts. from Chester to my property. After all, you did miss my old hometown when you went through Altus, OK. Would have loved seeing you go through Tipton. The population soared during WW2 because there was a German POW camp in Tiptop. Used to play in the old camp as a kid. In 1959, the Tipton high school had 12 seniors graduate. One of the seniors drove the school bus.
I’ve lived in Bentonville my entire life, and I can say that is one of the most entertaining places to grow up in. The square offers so many fun opportunities, the trails are beautiful, the art is alive, and the school districts are amazing. I’m 15 now and have been going to the square almost every week since I was 5 to enjoy times with friends and family. Highly recommend!
I grew up here ( but born in Tulsa) and I watched the growth you describe over the past 20 years and even took a small part in it. The parks & rec department is extremely proud of how well they maintain the city but you are correct in assuming that the number of billionaires in town doesn’t hurt. Glad you enjoyed the museum as well. I kind of think of Bentonville as the nicest, wealthiest town most people have never heard of.
I believe the Walton's store that is shown in your video is really Walton's Five and Dime. The actual 1st store to carry the Walmart name. was in Rogers. I remember shopping with my parents in that store in the early 60's. We were visiting my grandmother who lived out near Pea Ridge and she was being released from the hospital and needed a few things for her home. So off to Walmart we go: one item was a set of sheets. I do not remember what size or color of sheets my mom bought, but do remember her saying that they were such a good buy. And this Walmart was such a wonderful store-nothing like it in Wichita! One of the last times that I was in Rogers, that little Walmart was gone and replaced by a Super Walmart. I checked it out and could not believe the number of check out lines there were. Also, so many little shops at the front of the store, looked like my local mall. Bentonville has really grown over the years. Also, I hope you got to check out A&Q Chicken House in Springdale!
You're right. The first Walmart store was actually in Rogers, east of Bentonville. We shopped at the Super Walmart there now many times. A Q Chicken is still in business. We lived in Lowell when I worked at J.B. Hunt, and we loved eating there.
My father became city manager of Bella vista Arkansas 1976. We moved from Dallas TX Bentonville HS graduated. 1979 was a very small town then. Would see Sam Walton couple times a week I moved back to Texas after graduation. Glad to see it again on film.
In the last 10 years, Bentonville has really grown and modernized. The gentrification has made Bentonville one of the most beautiful, fastest growing, and successful towns in America. Really, all of NWA has grown similarly. It's has high job prospects, low pollution, low crime, really a great place to live, at least for now. You should check it out in the spring or fall, it's much prettier.
A lot of people view gentrification as a bad thing... With that said, Rogers has a lot of beauty as well- they didn't even mention all the trails and biking.
My sister lives in Pea Ridge, about 15 minute drive or so from Bentonville, we visited her last spring and now we are planning to move there (Bella Vista area) in the fall of 2023. I’m so excited. We moved from Southern California to the Oregon Coast and now onto the Mid-West for another chapter of our lives. 😊
What a beautiful place…who knew…still enjoying your treck. I enjoy how you present these places that in many cases I haven’t visited. It really is America the beautiful. Safe travels.
Sam Walton was once asked why he drove a 15 year old beat up pickup truck despite being one of the wealthiest men in the world. His response was “What am I supposed to do? Haul my dogs around in a Rolls Royce?”
Me and my sister used to ride in the back of that truck with Ol Roy himself. Sam and my uncle were great friends. You wouldn’t know just by talking to him that he was any different then anybody else.
I know of Bentonville because I watch 'Fixer to fabulous', but Dave and Jenny don't go downtown often and the footage is tightly edited. The Walmart "home office" appears very modest. Hard to believe that the subjugation of the America shopper is overseen from there. The housing stock is lovely and not at all like the cookie cutter homes on the average sprawling sub-division.
Wait until you see Fayetteville, Eureka Springs, etc. All of NW Arkansas is beautiful. Bentonville has a very unique and artsy vibe, but it is not alone.
Visited Bentonville in May for the mountain biking and loved the whole area so much we moved here in September! From Atlanta and we absolutely love living here! Such a beautiful town with seriously some of the nicest people I’ve ever met and that was a huge attraction to moving here.
Enjoyable video! Love the original 5 10. Thank you for the great history on the town and Walmart! Loved the houses and museum. Hope you enjoyed your holiday! Loved Johnny!!
This is an eye-opener! Wow! Beautiful, growing, productive town. I loved seeing the sights. The art in the museum was something else. Very enjoyable. Dinner looked lovely. I could almost taste it! Thanks.
Thanks for the virtual visit. I've spent some time in Arkansas on road trips and enjoyed myself, but I haven't been to Bentonville. Next time I'm passing through I need to stop and check it out. Love the coin-covered Caddy and the Crystal Bridges museum looks like a must-see. I'm looking forward to see where your journeys take you in 2023...happy trails!
I have wanted to visit Arkansas for over 50 years now, and still haven’t been there yet. Evidently, my desire to visit has waned as I’ve gotten older. The original reason I was attracted to Arkansas was because of it’s shape! I thought it had the best shape of any state in the country. I still do. Also I was a fan of the University of Arkansas football team around the same time ( 1969) Still want to go, just not in the summer! GO RAZORBACKS!!🏈
I’m a 39 year resident from KC and a 31 year WM associate. I’ve seen it grow from 9000 in 1984 to just under 60,000 here in 2022. Thank you for not bashing WM like a lot of other people do. We like our not so small town. But the growth is getting out of hand. Thank you for your video.
mm hhmm.. I started to realize about a decade and a half back that company was bad news when they were keeping most of their employees at part time hours so they were forced to supplement their medical and food benefits through government handouts.. the high cost of low prices and look where we are now. A first glimpse into U.S. corporate/government facism. Started selling us out to overseas interests. I remember in the early 90's their "Bring it home to the USA" was quite inspiring, most everything sold in the store was made in the U.S. then after about 2000 it all went downhill.
If you visited bentonville & missed Eureka Springs, you missed a small town real gem! I highly recommend it for your channel... I grew up in Bentonville, Eureka springs, & kinda all over NWA. Eureka was always my favorite because of how unique it felt. Fayetteville is a close second, but probably because it feels like if Eureka springs became a full size city area. Lol
You know, from someone who comes from a small Country, I would love to live in America and in truth it does inspire people like me who could start a business and live in a home with a decent garden on a plot of land. Why I was born in the UK I really don't know lol.
@@tatumhildebrand5397: on balance, you will be better off in the UK. Your life won't be as hectic or expensive and you won't have to pay through the nose for healthcare. come on over.
Spent a month in Rogers which is to the southeast of Bentonville. Loved it there. Bella Vista, Lowell, Cave Spring, Little Flock all kind of meld together to make up this area. And the bike trails and dog parks are great. Lots of sidewalks everywhere. People are very friendly. They have a great Native American museum as well. And there is an airport close by,. Even though it isn’t international, it is not a small puddle jumper airport. Thanks for the video.
Excellent job capturing Bentonville! I’m a SW Arkansas resident but never visited here. I may just need to do that. I’ve been to Eureka Springs and I know you would love it. Happy New Year to you and your wife! 🎉🍾🥂 Safe travels! 🚙
Moved to Bentonville area about half a year ago and work at the restaurant at CB. Glad to see your reactions to the town! This is a fun video for sure. Be sure to come back to see the Walmart museum!😊
Hi Lord Spoda Thanks for this nice video. I liked the town. Spent a good day with you. Very nice downtown and equally good neighborhood. The surrounding area of Walmart original is the major attraction. Enjoyed the video. A desolate patch within the city leading to the museum is fine too. Waiting for the next video of rural Arkansas.
Hello you two!!! Very happy to see this great video!!! Still enjoying everything you do!! You know I have added to my Bucket list to meet you two sometime!! I love road trips!! In warm weather!!! Just a couple days ago had horrible cold weather!! - 40 - 50 wind chills!! Stay warm and safe!!
Bentonville AR is "The Mountain Bike Capital of the world." Between Bella Vista and Bentonville i think there is over 450 miles of bike trails and they are always growing. The trails are groomed and taken care of constantly. Also there is a paved bike trail called Razorback Greenway that travels North to south from Bella Vista to Fayetteville that i think is over 60 mils. Almost 1000 people a day moving to the erea. If your hoping to move to North West Arkansas and buying a cheap house and some land you missed out on that by about 3 years at least. It's a great erea that is growing and expanding daily.
Hello, thank you very much for your beautiful and informative video. It's always very exciting to see your videos here in Germany. I wish you a happy new year.😊
Everything was interesting , Great Video!..beautiful homes..yes alot of money talks there..thanks for the thought you put into your filming.."Wishing you an your wife ALL the best in the new year 2023🍾🥂..Safe travels..God Bless.🌼
I will write this slowly so you can all digest the words ....... I have never been to, or have any knowledge of Walmart ..... it is a company in the States ...... There, now you can all pick your jaws up off the floor. Now to the meat of the discussion, the architecture. Bentonville, so close to the trip around Jefferson City, and I am impressed, you are spoiling us lovers of beautiful buildings. It looks, for want of a better phrase, manicured. Streets look that clean you could eat your lunch off them and so well preserved. Museum looked very interesting and has some of the original prints with great historical meaning. I was amazed when you read out the population figures, such a small place that has grown for obvious financial reasons. Another terrific journey into a previously unknown US city for me and thank you for showing me around. Food looked very nice but the weather a bit chilly. Hope you have avoided the snow storms I have seen invading the US. Stay safe and see you in the next adventure.
I graduated from UA-FAY/86. I lived there till 1989. That metro is also home origin/ family base to TYSONS Foods, AG EDWARDS & JB HUNT Trucking. That is a lot of BILLIONS in one place. There is an architectural school there I attended. FAY Jones who was a student of FL Wright taught there n designed homes for the Waltons. While the rest of the state is in limbo NW-Ark florishes.
Is a very great place to live up there in North West Arkansas we have three kids that went to U of A an never return they have try to convince us to move up there but we live in central Arkansas and we love it here but we visit a lot! Glad you enjoyed 👍🏼
What an amazing town! All the houses certainly looked upper class and were all very well maintained. I guess in this case the statistics you read, they really bare out and match up as it looks like a beautiful community! Keep the great videos coming! I happen to be in St. Louis on a quick 3 night vacation and we are staying at the Drury Plaza at the Arch…….
So many people have the five and dime store confused with the first Walmart store. The building you show on the square in Bentonville was Sam's first store but it wasn't called Walmart. Sam originally bought a Ben Franklin franchise and that was a regular 5&10¢ store. The first Walmart store was opened in 1962 on the corner of 8th and Walnut Street in Rogers, Arkansas. I have lived in Benton County Arkansas most of my life and my Father was 2nd in command of Walmart security. I used to talk to Sam often and I know he would appreciate it if everyone knew where he opened his first real Walmart store. I enjoy your videos and am not trying to be critical, just wanted you to know the facts. Thank you!
Born and raised in Arkansas - it’s home, but I like Minnesota MUCH MORE! The air is fresher there, my allergies aren’t as bad, and all of the lakes and general scenery are beyond gorgeous! Also, much cooler in the summer and little to no humidity.
Call some of these places ahead. I bet we’d be accomodating. I BRIEFLY worked at North Little Rock’s Chamber of Commerce & we LOVE to see travelers like you…even in the smallest of AR towns. 🎉Ya’ll come back now, YA HEAR😜😎
I live in Bentonville and my job is mountain bike trail building and Arkansas has some of the nicest people I’ve ever met. A lot nicer than Kansas where I’m from lol. It is a little overcrowded but nice.
I would love to own a Frank Lloyd Wright house. Fallingwater is one of my favorites. My husband spent some time in Rogers in the early 2000's.Thanks for another awesome video.
Thanks, Tina. The museum has a Frank Lloyd Wright house on the grounds, but photography of any kind was not allowed inside or out. Which sucked, cause I would have liked to shown it in the video. :(
Rogers and Bentonville are divided by the freeway. If you'd went there it's like different world. Due to a massive amount of immigration there are so may houses with dirt yards instead of grass and goats tied up in the front yards. they tried to pass an ordnance years ago to limit to 25 people per household but it failed.
@@2shoat For the most part, yes. The boundaries are a bit interesting though. Parts of northern Bentonville are actually east of I-49, but that encroaches on Little Flock, not Rogers. And quite a bit of Rogers lies west of I-49 (from Walton Blvd/Walnut St on south). There , Bentonville is north of Rogers, not west, and the boundary is not along I-49.. It would be fun to speculate if the boundaries would have been a bit different if they had been drawn after the freeway was built.
Thank you for coming to NWArkansas! I live about 40 miles south of Bentonville. I work in Fayetteville. I always tell people that NWArkansas is not anything like the rest of Arkansas. Because of that, i never could understand why people made fun of Arkansas. Lol. Now i know. It''s the land of Walmart and Tyson foods. People from all over the world live here! More people work in Bentonville than live there! At rush hour, it'll take you an hour to go a couple of miles. Ive been there....Wasnt pretty....thanks again for coming here. I hope you had a chance to go through all the small towns in the area, i.e. Cave Springs, Decatur, Gravette, Gentry, just to name a few. I hail from Siloam Springs. Watching you drive around makes me want to take you around to some reall pretty places.
Yes Bentonville is awesome. What I like is: no empty buildings downtown. It's a historical town. It's minutes from the country. Must see Crystal Bridges BUT then there traffic. Terrible!!!!
My family and I visited my sister in Pea Ridge last spring. We fell in love with the area and now we are preparing to move to the Bella Vista area in the fall of 2023. I’m so excited. Everyone was so friendly and warm and loving, nothing I’ve ever experienced in Southern California (born and raised) or Oregon Coast (where we currently reside). I’m only worried about the low temperatures and driving in the snow. The rest we can handle. 🤣
So bummed I didnt know you would be in my town!! I work at the downtown Walmart Neighborhood mkt. Too bad it was so cold. I'm glad you enjoyed your time here. And to answer your question, nope no bad areas, nothing sketchy or scary. Stop by next time.
Oh my, I really like that town. It was just beautiful. And I would order two cheese enchiladas, yum. I can taste it now. Glad to see the wifey got a nice warm winter coat. Sorry the Walmart museum was closed.
I live in NWA on the outskirts of Fayetteville and I had never been to the tamale factory you had dinner at we will have to go try it now! It looks good.
Iv lived here my whole life(40+ years). It’s fun to see from others eyes all the great stuff here. Sometimes us locals just walk on by like it’s normal everywhere 😂
Hopefully you visited Fayetteville too. Even prettier city square with Dickson St blocks north, beautiful old homes in the historical district, and it’s a mountain town so it’s a bit hilly
@@Theywaswrong yeah downtown Bentonville is very nice. Some may say it’s better but Fayetteville’s is pretty, way busier on weekends, and feels more authentic
Looks like a movie set for something like "Leave it to Beaver". Don't believe I've seen many downtown's so well surviving of malls, shopping centers as this one. Never been there, need to plan a trip.
As a Bentonville resident when I tell people I live in Arkansas, people always get the wrong idea XD My family calls it the Bentonville bubble. Super different than the rest of AR!
Something that’s missing is that in spring and summer is it’s so green and even more beautiful. Like a rain forest. Moved to Bella Vista almost 2 years ago from California. I absolutely love the area. So many gorgeous places in Arkansas, the natural state. You really don’t get it unless you’ve been.
Lucky you. Bella vista is soo beautiful driving by the golf courses and stuff. Soo green in the spring
From California, and stayed a week in Bentonville, the last week of October. Even in a "dry" year, the Fall colors were beautiful! So much outdoor activity to participate in. We will be back!
Been in Bentonville and Bella Vista for the last 17 years. Moved here from Southern California and never looked back. Definitely need to come back in the spring and fall. The square has a farmers market on Saturday mornings. We also have what’s called First Fridays. It’s so cool to just see everyone out enjoying all the fun that comes to town. We also have the Bentonville Film Festival, and Walmart Shareholders every year. Such a great place to live and call home. Thank you for the video
I went on vacation a few years ago and stopped in Bentonville, Arkansas to find a stop-over and ended up staying overnight. All of the people there were so warm and friendly, waving and smiling. Beautiful town full of beautiful, awesome friendlies!! I would love to go back there again one day.
I agree!
Being someone who has lived here my whole life, it is SO weird to know what people think of this place, especially given the fact that they’ve never been here! Thank you so much for your video :)
So many good memories, some of the most beautiful being biking to the square in the summer where me and my friends would get a snack at (surprise) Walmart. Sitting in the square with a drink and a snack is just so awesome, and truly beautiful.
No video will ever to the colors of this town justice tho 😭
Truly is a beautiful place, y’all should for sure put this in your visit list
yup been watching grow since 93 when my family moved to bella vista. now i raising my own kids watching the ridge explode !
I throughly enjoyed my 3 months out there for work. I’d have gone back but I changed jobs. It was a lovely area.
Born in springdale in 89. Lived in rogers the past 5 years. It's really weird to think of nwa as a tourist spot. Not really a fan but times change.
Would you be interested in putting together a B’ville CZcams community? Help share experience?
Im in the Siloam area!
Want to see a small town, Head toward Mountainburg, AR. and go to Chester. It’s an old town and really small. I own an 80 acre parcel above Chester and have to pass through to get to my property. It’s a beautiful drive through the Boston Mts. from Chester to my property. After all, you did miss my old hometown when you went through Altus, OK. Would have loved seeing you go through Tipton. The population soared during WW2 because there was a German POW camp in Tiptop. Used to play in the old camp as a kid. In 1959, the Tipton high school had 12 seniors graduate. One of the seniors drove the school bus.
I’ve lived in Bentonville my entire life, and I can say that is one of the most entertaining places to grow up in. The square offers so many fun opportunities, the trails are beautiful, the art is alive, and the school districts are amazing. I’m 15 now and have been going to the square almost every week since I was 5 to enjoy times with friends and family. Highly recommend!
I grew up here ( but born in Tulsa) and I watched the growth you describe over the past 20 years and even took a small part in it. The parks & rec department is extremely proud of how well they maintain the city but you are correct in assuming that the number of billionaires in town doesn’t hurt. Glad you enjoyed the museum as well. I kind of think of Bentonville as the nicest, wealthiest town most people have never heard of.
Crystal Bridges is one of my favorite places. Always a go to, when friends and family visit!
I believe the Walton's store that is shown in your video is really Walton's Five and Dime. The actual 1st store to carry the Walmart name. was in Rogers. I remember shopping with my parents in that store in the early 60's. We were visiting my grandmother who lived out near Pea Ridge and she was being released from the hospital and needed a few things for her home. So off to Walmart we go: one item was a set of sheets. I do not remember what size or color of sheets my mom bought, but do remember her saying that they were such a good buy. And this Walmart was such a wonderful store-nothing like it in Wichita! One of the last times that I was in Rogers, that little Walmart was gone and replaced by a Super Walmart. I checked it out and could not believe the number of check out lines there were. Also, so many little shops at the front of the store, looked like my local mall. Bentonville has really grown over the years. Also, I hope you got to check out A&Q Chicken House in Springdale!
You're right. The first Walmart store was actually in Rogers, east of Bentonville. We shopped at the Super Walmart there now many times. A Q Chicken is still in business. We lived in Lowell when I worked at J.B. Hunt, and we loved eating there.
The first store Sam bought was in Newport Arkansas.
It's from where Walmart originated. I should have said that more clearly.
I second AQ Chicken house for amazing chicken...over the coals! Next time
The original Walmart building is still there but it’s an old antique store now nothing to do with Walmart. Walmart number one is down the street
My father became city manager of Bella vista Arkansas 1976. We moved from Dallas TX Bentonville HS graduated. 1979 was a very small town then. Would see Sam Walton couple times a week I moved back to Texas after graduation. Glad to see it again on film.
In the last 10 years, Bentonville has really grown and modernized. The gentrification has made Bentonville one of the most beautiful, fastest growing, and successful towns in America. Really, all of NWA has grown similarly. It's has high job prospects, low pollution, low crime, really a great place to live, at least for now. You should check it out in the spring or fall, it's much prettier.
NWA? Like Dr. Dre? 😄
@@phillipjameson2599 North West Arkansas
A lot of people view gentrification as a bad thing... With that said, Rogers has a lot of beauty as well- they didn't even mention all the trails and biking.
My sister lives in Pea Ridge, about 15 minute drive or so from Bentonville, we visited her last spring and now we are planning to move there (Bella Vista area) in the fall of 2023. I’m so excited. We moved from Southern California to the Oregon Coast and now onto the Mid-West for another chapter of our lives. 😊
What a beautiful place…who knew…still enjoying your treck. I enjoy how you present these places that in many cases I haven’t visited. It really is America the beautiful. Safe travels.
Absolutely. :)
Sam Walton was once asked why he drove a 15 year old beat up pickup truck despite being one of the wealthiest men in the world. His response was “What am I supposed to do? Haul my dogs around in a Rolls Royce?”
LOL!
Me and my sister used to ride in the back of that truck with Ol Roy himself. Sam and my uncle were great friends. You wouldn’t know just by talking to him that he was any different then anybody else.
I know of Bentonville because I watch 'Fixer to fabulous', but Dave and Jenny don't go downtown often and the footage is tightly edited. The Walmart "home office" appears very modest. Hard to believe that the subjugation of the America shopper is overseen from there. The housing stock is lovely and not at all like the cookie cutter homes on the average sprawling sub-division.
Oh how I wish y'all would go to Eureka Springs Arkansas. You would LOVE the old houses there. It's like your in another world there.
We are going to Eureka Springs and Berryville in the late spring. I want it to be green when I video there.
I didn’t know Arkansas had a town so beautiful.
Wait until you see Fayetteville, Eureka Springs, etc. All of NW Arkansas is beautiful. Bentonville has a very unique and artsy vibe, but it is not alone.
Visited Bentonville in May for the mountain biking and loved the whole area so much we moved here in September! From Atlanta and we absolutely love living here! Such a beautiful town with seriously some of the nicest people I’ve ever met and that was a huge attraction to moving here.
Nice!
We visited my sister last spring and fell in love and now moving to Bella Vista area in the fall of 2023. I’m so excited….
Welcome! I live in Bentonville now for 9 years and love it!
11 years since moving here. You couldn't get me to move out with dynamite. I love Arkansas.
Enjoyable video! Love the original 5 10. Thank you for the great history on the town and Walmart! Loved the houses and museum. Hope you enjoyed your holiday! Loved Johnny!!
This is an eye-opener! Wow! Beautiful, growing, productive town. I loved seeing the sights. The art in the museum was something else. Very enjoyable. Dinner looked lovely. I could almost taste it! Thanks.
Thank you, GGG! :)
Thanks for the virtual visit. I've spent some time in Arkansas on road trips and enjoyed myself, but I haven't been to Bentonville. Next time I'm passing through I need to stop and check it out. Love the coin-covered Caddy and the Crystal Bridges museum looks like a must-see. I'm looking forward to see where your journeys take you in 2023...happy trails!
Thank you, YD! Glad you're along for the ride. :)
My Tuesday morning adventure. Another town to put on my springtime travels. Thank you Folks
Cool!! :)
That area is so beautiful. I went through the Bentonville and Pea Ridge area in the early 2000s. Thanks for another great video Lord Spoda!
Great to see this again… I lived in Rogers for 14 years. The ozark mountains are beautiful.
Yes they are. We take every oppurtunity to see friends up there. I wanna retire to them mountains…someday.
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@@Thatoneboywastaken I’m thinking the same thing!
Best travel channel for these type videos. By far.
Wow, thank you, Rick!!
Fabulous town.
That food at the end looks scrumptious.
Best of the New Year to you! May your travels be fun and safe!
Thank you, Road Runner! Happy New Year to you as well. :)
I have wanted to visit Arkansas for over 50 years now, and still haven’t been there yet. Evidently, my desire to visit has waned as I’ve gotten older. The original reason I was attracted to Arkansas was because of it’s shape! I thought it had the best shape of any state in the country. I still do. Also I was a fan of the University of Arkansas football team around the same time ( 1969) Still want to go, just not in the summer! GO RAZORBACKS!!🏈
Woo Pig Sooie!
After visiting NWA come visit Hot Springs National Park in central Arkansas. No place like it❤
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I’m a 39 year resident from KC and a 31 year WM associate. I’ve seen it grow from 9000 in 1984 to just under 60,000 here in 2022. Thank you for not bashing WM like a lot of other people do. We like our not so small town. But the growth is getting out of hand. Thank you for your video.
Sam Walton is probably turning in his grave after what Walmart has become now
mm hhmm.. I started to realize about a decade and a half back that company was bad news when they were keeping most of their employees at part time hours so they were forced to supplement their medical and food benefits through government handouts.. the high cost of low prices and look where we are now. A first glimpse into U.S. corporate/government facism. Started selling us out to overseas interests.
I remember in the early 90's their "Bring it home to the USA" was quite inspiring, most everything sold in the store was made in the U.S. then after about 2000 it all went downhill.
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Not sure what an open statement like yours really means. Maybe you can expound.
In some ways yes. In other ways, he’s probably proud
I heard that,, pretty soon they be selling jack daniels, hookers, and weed.
Thank you for your videos, we love them!
Thank you for the kind words, Connie!
If you visited bentonville & missed Eureka Springs, you missed a small town real gem! I highly recommend it for your channel... I grew up in Bentonville, Eureka springs, & kinda all over NWA. Eureka was always my favorite because of how unique it felt. Fayetteville is a close second, but probably because it feels like if Eureka springs became a full size city area. Lol
We are going to visit Eureka Springs this spring. We're waiting for everything to turn green for that visit. :)
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Awesome! Will keep an eye out for that video!
🎉wishing you, Nicole and your family a happiest new years praying you are safe and blessed
Please continue to share this country with us god bless
Thank you, Barb! Happy New Year to you as well. :)
I love your videos so much! Thanks for being consistent for all of us! I hope you you never get bored with traveling!
Thank you for the kind words!!
Thanks again! hope yall enjoyed your holiday
Thank you, Olin!!!
Thank you so much for sharing this with everyone great job happy holidays 👍👌✌🏻🎇
Thank you, Debra!
This is an amazing town,especially the downtown area. Thank you for the tour.
Glad you enjoyed it!! :)
You know, from someone who comes from a small Country, I would love to live in America and in truth it does inspire people like me who could start a business and live in a home with a decent garden on a plot of land. Why I was born in the UK I really don't know lol.
@@tatumhildebrand5397: on balance, you will be better off in the UK. Your life won't be as hectic or expensive and you won't have to pay through the nose for healthcare. come on over.
Thanks for the tour ! We are moving to Bella Vista next month.
Excellent video as always! Happy new year to you and your family. Safe travels.
Thank you!! :)
Spent a month in Rogers which is to the southeast of Bentonville. Loved it there. Bella Vista, Lowell, Cave Spring, Little Flock all kind of meld together to make up this area. And the bike trails and dog parks are great. Lots of sidewalks everywhere. People are very friendly. They have a great Native American museum as well. And there is an airport close by,. Even though it isn’t international, it is not a small puddle jumper airport. Thanks for the video.
Excellent job capturing Bentonville! I’m a SW Arkansas resident but never visited here. I may just need to do that. I’ve been to Eureka Springs and I know you would love it. Happy New Year to you and your wife! 🎉🍾🥂 Safe travels! 🚙
Thank you, Patricia. :)
Moved to Bentonville area about half a year ago and work at the restaurant at CB. Glad to see your reactions to the town! This is a fun video for sure. Be sure to come back to see the Walmart museum!😊
David Oreck, the Vacuum Cleaner maker, called Walmart "China;Mart."
Another fine video on your adventures sir. Take care and be safe. But have fun
Thank you, James!
Weather here goes from over 100°F in summer to roughly -5°F in winter. It's crazy.
I am relocating to NWA in March 💗 Thanks for sharing 💓
Nice!
I enjoy every one of your Video's! It's Fun seeing the whole country! Always something New to see! ♥️💖❤️
Thank you, Judy!
Hi Lord Spoda
Thanks for this nice video. I liked the town. Spent a good day with you. Very nice downtown and equally good neighborhood. The surrounding area of Walmart original is the major attraction. Enjoyed the video. A desolate patch within the city leading to the museum is fine too. Waiting for the next video of rural Arkansas.
Thank you for the comment, Rajeev!
Loved this video! Very nice town!
It's beautiful! You can see that Walmart money everywhere. :)
Hello you two!!! Very happy to see this great video!!! Still enjoying everything you do!! You know I have added to my Bucket list to meet you two sometime!! I love road trips!! In warm weather!!! Just a couple days ago had horrible cold weather!! - 40 - 50 wind chills!! Stay warm and safe!!
Thanks, James! :)
Bentonville AR is "The Mountain Bike Capital of the world." Between Bella Vista and Bentonville i think there is over 450 miles of bike trails and they are always growing. The trails are groomed and taken care of constantly. Also there is a paved bike trail called Razorback Greenway that travels North to south from Bella Vista to Fayetteville that i think is over 60 mils.
Almost 1000 people a day moving to the erea. If your hoping to move to North West Arkansas and buying a cheap house and some land you missed out on that by about 3 years at least. It's a great erea that is growing and expanding daily.
Hello, thank you very much for your beautiful and informative video. It's always very exciting to see your videos here in Germany. I wish you a happy new year.😊
Thank you, Torsten!
Excellent Work~
Lived here most of my life ! Still work in NWA, love this !
Great video!! Have family spread from Jasper AR to Bentonville. Its a beautiful corner of the state. Absolutely the opposite of Pine Bluff.
It really is.
Great video- will add bentonville to places I’d like to visit. - not what I expected- many thanks
It's beautiful, and there's lots to do there!
Everything was interesting , Great Video!..beautiful homes..yes alot of money talks there..thanks for the thought you put into your filming.."Wishing you an your wife ALL the best in the new year 2023🍾🥂..Safe travels..God Bless.🌼
Thank you, Jenny!
I will write this slowly so you can all digest the words ....... I have never been to, or have any knowledge of Walmart ..... it is a company in the States ...... There, now you can all pick your jaws up off the floor.
Now to the meat of the discussion, the architecture. Bentonville, so close to the trip around Jefferson City, and I am impressed, you are spoiling us lovers of beautiful buildings. It looks, for want of a better phrase, manicured. Streets look that clean you could eat your lunch off them and so well preserved. Museum looked very interesting and has some of the original prints with great historical meaning. I was amazed when you read out the population figures, such a small place that has grown for obvious financial reasons. Another terrific journey into a previously unknown US city for me and thank you for showing me around. Food looked very nice but the weather a bit chilly. Hope you have avoided the snow storms I have seen invading the US. Stay safe and see you in the next adventure.
Thank you, SF. And yes, very surprised you haven't been to a Walmart! The town is very prosperous because of the company. You can see it everywhere.
I graduated from UA-FAY/86. I lived there till 1989. That metro is also home origin/ family base to TYSONS Foods, AG EDWARDS & JB HUNT Trucking.
That is a lot of BILLIONS in one place. There is an architectural school there I attended. FAY Jones who was a student of FL Wright taught there n designed homes for the Waltons.
While the rest of the state is in limbo NW-Ark florishes.
Love Bentonville,bike trails,parks,hiking trails.
I think a return trip there is warranted once those places are refurbished and re-opened.
I'm a fairly new subscriber. I'm really enjoying your channel and videos! Bentonville looks lovely! Thanks for what you do!😊❤
Thank you, Wendy! I'm glad you're along for the ride. :)
This is my part of the country. A beautiful area.
Great look thanks, City's like these just what our country needs.I'm the same about wallyworld been going in their doors since the seventies .
Excellent video.
Thank you, Jonathon!!
Awesome, been meaning to make my way to Bentonville. The battle of Pea Ridge site is on my list
Cool! There's quite a lot to see there.
Is a very great place to live up there in North West Arkansas we have three kids that went to U of A an never return they have try to convince us to move up there but we live in central Arkansas and we love it here but we visit a lot! Glad you enjoyed 👍🏼
Nice Town, Went to full screen and my Cat got on the desk and watched you drive. Nicky's Jacket is nice, Good video thanks for taking us along
Wow, cool! :)
Happy New Year Spoda to you and the wife! Hope 2023 is a good one!
Happy New Year to you as well, A Bomb!!
What an amazing town! All the houses certainly looked upper class and were all very well maintained. I guess in this case the statistics you read, they really bare out and match up as it looks like a beautiful community! Keep the great videos coming! I happen to be in St. Louis on a quick 3 night vacation and we are staying at the Drury Plaza at the Arch…….
That's a really nice Drury!
Bentonville is basically a hallmark town
@@morganharris2413 it really is..I live next to downtown Bentonville..really amazing lil town…the Christmas lights on town square is a must see.
That's the most expensive part of the town to live. Those are milion dollar homes.
Great episode. This is one of the places I been too but not explored. I need to explore Arkansas. Whatever you two do. Don't run from the ASP!
So many people have the five and dime store confused with the first Walmart store. The building you show on the square in Bentonville was Sam's first store but it wasn't called Walmart. Sam originally bought a Ben Franklin franchise and that was a regular 5&10¢ store. The first Walmart store was opened in 1962 on the corner of 8th and Walnut Street in Rogers, Arkansas. I have lived in Benton County Arkansas most of my life and my Father was 2nd in command of Walmart security. I used to talk to Sam often and I know he would appreciate it if everyone knew where he opened his first real Walmart store. I enjoy your videos and am not trying to be critical, just wanted you to know the facts. Thank you!
Awesome video hopefully it'll be part of a four-city tour of Fayetteville, Springdale, and Rogers AR
I will be doing them in time.
Born and raised in Arkansas - it’s home, but I like Minnesota MUCH MORE! The air is fresher there, my allergies aren’t as bad, and all of the lakes and general scenery are beyond gorgeous! Also, much cooler in the summer and little to no humidity.
Where in Minnesota? Cold doesn’t bother you?
@Lord Spoda The Momentary is a second art gallery launched from Crystal Bridges that also hosts outdoor events.
Call some of these places ahead. I bet we’d be accomodating. I BRIEFLY worked at North Little Rock’s Chamber of Commerce & we LOVE to see travelers like you…even in the smallest of AR towns. 🎉Ya’ll come back now, YA HEAR😜😎
If you want to see Sam's pick-up truck, it's on display in the lobby of XNA airport just a few miles from Bentonville.
I live in Bentonville and my job is mountain bike trail building and Arkansas has some of the nicest people I’ve ever met. A lot nicer than Kansas where I’m from lol. It is a little overcrowded but nice.
Gqqood evening 🌆 sir! Iived in Rogers, Arkansas!
Very nice city.
I would love to own a Frank Lloyd Wright house. Fallingwater is one of my favorites. My husband spent some time in Rogers in the early 2000's.Thanks for another awesome video.
Thanks, Tina. The museum has a Frank Lloyd Wright house on the grounds, but photography of any kind was not allowed inside or out. Which sucked, cause I would have liked to shown it in the video. :(
Rogers and Bentonville are divided by the freeway. If you'd went there it's like different world. Due to a massive amount of immigration there are so may houses with dirt yards instead of grass and goats tied up in the front yards. they tried to pass an ordnance years ago to limit to 25 people per household but it failed.
@@2shoat For the most part, yes. The boundaries are a bit interesting though. Parts of northern Bentonville are actually east of I-49, but that encroaches on Little Flock, not Rogers. And quite a bit of Rogers lies west of I-49 (from Walton Blvd/Walnut St on south). There , Bentonville is north of Rogers, not west, and the boundary is not along I-49.. It would be fun to speculate if the boundaries would have been a bit different if they had been drawn after the freeway was built.
Thank you for coming to NWArkansas! I live about 40 miles south of Bentonville. I work in Fayetteville. I always tell people that NWArkansas is not anything like the rest of Arkansas. Because of that, i never could understand why people made fun of Arkansas. Lol. Now i know. It''s the land of Walmart and Tyson foods. People from all over the world live here! More people work in Bentonville than live there! At rush hour, it'll take you an hour to go a couple of miles. Ive been there....Wasnt pretty....thanks again for coming here. I hope you had a chance to go through all the small towns in the area, i.e. Cave Springs, Decatur, Gravette, Gentry, just to name a few. I hail from Siloam Springs. Watching you drive around makes me want to take you around to some reall pretty places.
Yes Bentonville is awesome. What I like is: no empty buildings downtown. It's a historical town. It's minutes from the country.
Must see Crystal Bridges
BUT then there traffic. Terrible!!!!
I moved to Bella Vista in 2015& fell in love with this area. NWA is beautiful ❤ Now I live in SWMO but I still frequent there. Such a great area
My family and I visited my sister in Pea Ridge last spring. We fell in love with the area and now we are preparing to move to the Bella Vista area in the fall of 2023. I’m so excited. Everyone was so friendly and warm and loving, nothing I’ve ever experienced in Southern California (born and raised) or Oregon Coast (where we currently reside). I’m only worried about the low temperatures and driving in the snow. The rest we can handle. 🤣
So bummed I didnt know you would be in my town!! I work at the downtown Walmart Neighborhood mkt. Too bad it was so cold. I'm glad you enjoyed your time here. And to answer your question, nope no bad areas, nothing sketchy or scary. Stop by next time.
Oh my, I really like that town. It was just beautiful. And I would order two cheese enchiladas, yum. I can taste it now. Glad to see the wifey got a nice warm winter coat. Sorry the Walmart museum was closed.
Thank you for this. :)
The Shepherds Chapel is in Gravette AR and its a great Bible teaching church. If everyone learned, then AR would be almost perfect.
Bummer about the museum being closed. Nice looking city square.
We love our little town.
Sam and Helen is married in the cemetery behind the home office.
You should visit Huntsville Arkansas off of highway 412. Very small nice town.
I will be!!
I live in NWA on the outskirts of Fayetteville and I had never been to the tamale factory you had dinner at we will have to go try it now! It looks good.
You must return next year and preview the new Walmart HQ campus. It is coming along beautifully and is going to be a fantastic place.
Sounds interesting.
Iv lived here my whole life(40+ years). It’s fun to see from others eyes all the great stuff here. Sometimes us locals just walk on by like it’s normal everywhere 😂
Hopefully you visited Fayetteville too. Even prettier city square with Dickson St blocks north, beautiful old homes in the historical district, and it’s a mountain town so it’s a bit hilly
Fayetteville will be getting its own video.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip nice! I’ll be watching that
Looks like the downtown of Bentonville would be really hard to beat.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip hell yes, I'm in Fayetteville. Cant wait to see that one
@@Theywaswrong yeah downtown Bentonville is very nice. Some may say it’s better but Fayetteville’s is pretty, way busier on weekends, and feels more authentic
Looks like a movie set for something like "Leave it to Beaver". Don't believe I've seen many downtown's so well surviving of malls, shopping centers as this one. Never been there, need to plan a trip.
u should go to eurka springs akransas not far n very cool lil town
We will be in the spring.
As a Bentonville resident when I tell people I live in Arkansas, people always get the wrong idea XD
My family calls it the Bentonville bubble. Super different than the rest of AR!
I love that ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ artwork. What a pretty town. Sorry the museum is being remodeled.
I loved that one too.
OOOhh that salmon looks sooo good!