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re: NWA. The Next Austin?
Posted on 12/3/21 at 7:57 pm to dchog
Posted on 12/3/21 at 7:57 pm to dchog
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It wouldn't take much for it to go bad.
If things are going to get "bad" up here, they'll be much worse elsewhere. I work in Fort Smith pretty regularly, and the level of generational poverty and dysfunction there is something that would take decades to replicate in NWA.
The main problem in NWA is "regular folks" getting priced out of their homes by the insane boom happening. If that starts to hit you, just cash out and reap the rewards of the boom while you move to somewhere more rustic and quaint that suits your temperament.
but yes, people are moving here in droves from Austin and other booming areas. Obviously the Waltons are trying to make that happen and intentionally cultivating this influx of "talent." I find this pretty annoying at times, because it seems like they'd rather import external talent than incubate existing local talent. But still, quality of life kicks arse here... to the point that I feel guilty at times of how good we have it here compared to other parts of the state.
This post was edited on 12/3/21 at 7:58 pm
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Posted on 12/3/21 at 8:08 pm to hogfly
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I find this pretty annoying at times, because it seems like they'd rather import external talent than incubate existing local talent.
Drives me crazy how many companies here contract out with these huge national firms for so much money when they don’t have any idea about the area. They must think that they have to go with a fancy New York agency and then they get a cookie cutter result.
Feel the same way about the UA paying some random marketing company tons of money to come up with the front facing hog and “The You of A” when a marketing or design student at UA probably could have done something better.
Posted on 12/3/21 at 8:39 pm to hogfly
The Waltons look down on common people in Arkansas and see them as untalented. Like minded individuals want to be associated with ones that think and believe like them. Rich people don't hang around with the little people. So they want them gone and are in the way.
The problem is when people that get priced out have no other place to go as Arkansas doesn't have many jobs that offer a good living wage. It is easy to move when a person makes a lot of money but some aren't as fortunate and are stuck.
The problem is when people that get priced out have no other place to go as Arkansas doesn't have many jobs that offer a good living wage. It is easy to move when a person makes a lot of money but some aren't as fortunate and are stuck.
Posted on 12/5/21 at 12:11 pm to hogfly
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If things are going to get "bad" up here, they'll be much worse elsewhere. I work in Fort Smith pretty regularly, and the level of generational poverty and dysfunction there is something that would take decades to replicate in NWA.
The main problem in NWA is "regular folks" getting priced out of their homes by the insane boom happening. If that starts to hit you, just cash out and reap the rewards of the boom while you move to somewhere more rustic and quaint that suits your temperament.
but yes, people are moving here in droves from Austin and other booming areas. Obviously the Waltons are trying to make that happen and intentionally cultivating this influx of "talent." I find this pretty annoying at times, because it seems like they'd rather import external talent than incubate existing local talent. But still, quality of life kicks arse here... to the point that I feel guilty at times of how good we have it here compared to other parts of the state.
yeah, I think there's an internal family war between Alice versus Jim and Rob in the realm of politics
Posted on 12/5/21 at 12:25 pm to hogfly
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Obviously the Waltons are trying to make that happen and intentionally cultivating this influx of "talent." I find this pretty annoying at times, because it seems like they'd rather import external talent than incubate existing local talent.
spot on
Posted on 12/5/21 at 12:39 pm to hogfly
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Obviously the Waltons are trying to make that happen and intentionally cultivating this influx of "talent." I find this pretty annoying at times, because it seems like they'd rather import external talent than incubate existing local talent.
Have so many friends who have had to move to New Jersey and California to work for companies that work for Walmart instead of Walmart hiring them in the IT department. Some have spent 5-10 years doing IT shite elsewhere and had families now Walmart is coming and asking them to move back. Instead of building it from the inside out.
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