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Bentonville Arkansas is basically like a cheaper Denver Colorado. They have one of the best coffee roasters/shops out there, tons of bike and hiking trails, yo

Bentonville Arkansas is basically like a cheaper Denver Colorado. They have one of the best coffee roasters/shops out there, tons of bike and hiking trails, you're in the Ozarks, a major university is next door in Fayetteville. You're not that far away from doing a float trip on the buffalo river either (1.5 hours). They have tons of concerts there too in Walmart's ampitheater. Also, there is some industry for sure and decent schools (for the south anyway). It is very trendy. Northwest Arkansas is nothing like south Arkansas. Not geographically or politically. I wouldn't expect it to be THAT difficult to convince folks to relocate to somewhere like that. Walmart does pump a lot of money into the area.

johnbellone 1y ago
For people that care, the state is politically a no go.
- johnnyanmac 1y ago
  Even if it was a liberal bastion, I am absolutely not moving out of state for a tech company in this period of rampant layoffs. I don't want to be out of a job and in a new, unfamiliar city.
fzeroracer 1y ago
With how hostile state politics have become though, there's no amount of pay that could get me to move out to Arkansas. Learned my lesson after living in Austin for a few years.
- 7thaccount 1y ago
  Good point. The state's government is in Little Rock in the middle of the state and pretty conservative.
- nunez 1y ago
  lol, truth. Austin is great until you drive 30 minutes out in any direction... (Houston is better anyway; not biased or anything!)
HaZeust 1y ago
Living in Denver and having gone to Bentonville, I definitely see the similarities - but they're very much in 2 different leagues. Coors holds the economy up here a lot though; and everything in the hometown of Coors (Golden) is only owned by like 3 families - Coors, Foss and Rooney.
nunez 1y ago
It's like Denver except for the "rest of Arkansas being shiny ruby blood red" part Does Colorado have an equivalent to Harrison, AR[^0], the most racist town in America? [^0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison,_Arkansas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison,_Arkansas

johnbellone 1y ago

For people that care, the state is politically a no go.

johnnyanmac 1y ago
Even if it was a liberal bastion, I am absolutely not moving out of state for a tech company in this period of rampant layoffs. I don't want to be out of a job and in a new, unfamiliar city.

fzeroracer 1y ago

With how hostile state politics have become though, there's no amount of pay that could get me to move out to Arkansas. Learned my lesson after living in Austin for a few years.

7thaccount 1y ago
Good point. The state's government is in Little Rock in the middle of the state and pretty conservative.
nunez 1y ago
lol, truth. Austin is great until you drive 30 minutes out in any direction... (Houston is better anyway; not biased or anything!)

HaZeust 1y ago

Living in Denver and having gone to Bentonville, I definitely see the similarities - but they're very much in 2 different leagues. Coors holds the economy up here a lot though; and everything in the hometown of Coors (Golden) is only owned by like 3 families - Coors, Foss and Rooney.

nunez 1y ago

It's like Denver except for the "rest of Arkansas being shiny ruby blood red" part Does Colorado have an equivalent to Harrison, AR[^0], the most racist town in America? [^0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison,_Arkansas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison,_Arkansas