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Southern Towns Bracket - Cast Your Vote
Posted on 3/17/14 at 11:54 pm
Posted on 3/17/14 at 11:54 pm
Y'all know what to do.
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Three Arkansas and Louisiana Towns are battling it out..
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 6:22 am to SunHog
Fayetteville, AR 41.93%
Monroe, LA 58.07%
, Damn, Monroe is beating Fayettenam.
Monroe, LA 58.07%
, Damn, Monroe is beating Fayettenam.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 7:00 am to Pigfeet
Well, for one thing - It's a stretch to call Fayetteville 'Southern'.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 7:03 am to WonderWartHawg
true
has that Missouri feel about it
has that Missouri feel about it
Posted on 3/18/14 at 8:48 am to WonderWartHawg
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Well, for one thing - It's a stretch to call Fayetteville 'Southern'.
That's a fair point.
Also, Bentonville is not a southern town, and I say that as someone who lives here. It's basically southern Missouri with an Ohio dialect. Waaaaaaay too many non-Southern transplants and northerners to be considered Southern.
I'm from East Arkansas, and everywhere I go around here people (especially locals) will say things like "you don't sound like you're from around here." My tongue-in-cheek response is always "I'm from the real part of Arkansas."
This post was edited on 3/18/14 at 8:55 am
Posted on 3/18/14 at 9:02 am to Feral
Also, and I say this as someone who practically grew up on Hamilton (we had a place there for 10 years), I don't really get the love for Hot Springs. Granted, I understand the mysticism and historicity of the place and all the echos of old Hot Springs, but it's really kind of gross now.
It's just so overbuilt and overdeveloped and crowded, and there are some extremely rough areas.
Honestly, I'd have put places like Eureka Springs, Mena, and/or Heber over Bentonville and Hot Springs,
It's just so overbuilt and overdeveloped and crowded, and there are some extremely rough areas.
Honestly, I'd have put places like Eureka Springs, Mena, and/or Heber over Bentonville and Hot Springs,
This post was edited on 3/18/14 at 9:03 am
Posted on 3/18/14 at 9:39 am to Pigfeet
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Mena, foreelz?
It's a nice, quaint little mountain town. I've only been there twice, but was just throwing a bone to non-lake towns.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 9:46 am to Feral
I like Mena, just not as much to do there as the others.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 9:50 am to Feral
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It's just so overbuilt and overdeveloped and crowded, and there are some extremely rough areas
It's shady as hell, I like live meet and visiting friends but but don't want to live there.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 9:53 am to Person of interest
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It's shady as hell, I like live meet and visiting friends but but don't want to live there.
Yeah, it was fun as heck going there for a weekend during college, but I would never buy a lakehouse or live there. My dad sold our place about 15 years ago and bought one in Heber and said it was one of the best decisions he ever made.
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 9:58 am to Feral
As for the non-Arkansas towns in the bracket, Marfa, Texas? LOL wut?
And Annapolis? Maybe it's just me, but I don't consider Maryland southern in any way, shape or form.
And Annapolis? Maybe it's just me, but I don't consider Maryland southern in any way, shape or form.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 10:00 am to Feral
i wouldn't want to live there either but i love hot springs. i love the way it's some trashy/some quaint. you can sleeze or shop or get pampered or get your drink on whatever you want to do there. it's like a smaller level new orleans.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 10:21 am to piggilicious
Always have a good time there.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 10:24 am to Person of interest
me too, doesn't matter if i'm going to the races, to the docu film festival, having a girls day, shopping, drinking for 8 or so hours straight at maxine's. it's always fun in hot springs to me.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 1:12 pm to SunHog
Breaux Bridge vs. Hot Springs
Breaux Bridge, the "Crawfish Capital of the World" since 1959, is a cool little Cajun town that is host to the world famous "Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival" which brings in tens of thousands of people every year, which is a pretty big deal down here ...
LINK Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival
... and is also home to Ali Landry - model, actress, & former Miss USA 1996. She was also married to Mario Lopez ("Saved Bt The Bell") for about 10 days.
But, honestly, it doesn't compare to Hot Springs; it shouldn't even be close.
Monroe vs. Fayetteville
Ironic.
I might know a little about those places, considering I grew up right "on top" of one, and went to school in the other.
Fayetteville should win this easily, so I don't understand how Monroe is leading.
I will say, Monroe still has one of my favorite restaurants ever, the Mohawk, where I ate my first oysters, and have been eating them ever since. Even taking into account New Orleans restaurants, Mohawk has the best oysters I've ever eaten.
Breaux Bridge, the "Crawfish Capital of the World" since 1959, is a cool little Cajun town that is host to the world famous "Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival" which brings in tens of thousands of people every year, which is a pretty big deal down here ...
LINK Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival
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The Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival has also been named a Top 20 Event by the STS Society. CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, The Food Channel, PBS and numerous other individual filmmakers have all done documentaries on our festival. We have been featured in Maxim Magazine, Southern Living, National Geographic, The New York Times, Country Cooking, Motorhome Living, and Better Homes and Garden publications. The Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival was named a top 10 Food Festival by USA Today.
... and is also home to Ali Landry - model, actress, & former Miss USA 1996. She was also married to Mario Lopez ("Saved Bt The Bell") for about 10 days.
But, honestly, it doesn't compare to Hot Springs; it shouldn't even be close.
Monroe vs. Fayetteville
Ironic.
I might know a little about those places, considering I grew up right "on top" of one, and went to school in the other.
Fayetteville should win this easily, so I don't understand how Monroe is leading.
I will say, Monroe still has one of my favorite restaurants ever, the Mohawk, where I ate my first oysters, and have been eating them ever since. Even taking into account New Orleans restaurants, Mohawk has the best oysters I've ever eaten.
This post was edited on 3/18/14 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 3/18/14 at 2:42 pm to Arkla Missy
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Monroe vs. Fayetteville
Ironic.
I might know a little about those places, considering I grew up right "on top" of one, and went to school in the other.
Fayetteville should win this easily, so I don't understand how Monroe is leading.
I will say, Monroe still has one of my favorite restaurants ever, the Mohawk, where I ate my first oysters, and have been eating them ever since. Even taking into account New Orleans restaurants, Mohawk has the best oysters I've ever eaten.
This may sound ridiculous, but I wouldn't doubt that Monroe is leading partially because it gets name recognition from Duck Dynasty (I know, it's in Left Monroe).
I wouldn't doubt a few people look at that and think, "hey, that's where they film Duck Dynasty. It must be a cool town!" and select it. Heck, just look at Funroe's Wikipedia page:
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Despite its relatively small size, Monroe suffers from higher than average levels of crime and poverty. Some studies have placed Monroe within the top 100 most dangerous cities in America for crime rates, and the 6th poorest city (per capita) in America. It was ranked 3rd worst small city for crime (among cities whose populations are less than 200,000).
Yikes
This post was edited on 3/18/14 at 2:43 pm
Posted on 3/18/14 at 4:36 pm to Feral
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This may sound ridiculous, but I wouldn't doubt that Monroe is leading partially because it gets name recognition from Duck Dynasty (I know, it's in Left Monroe).
It's not ridiculous at all & probably is the case.
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I wouldn't doubt a few people look at that and think, "hey, that's where they film Duck Dynasty. It must be a cool town!" and select it. Heck, just look at Funroe's Wikipedia page:
Yes, Monroe and West Monroe are extremely different places these days. WM has grown tremendously over the past many years, mainly out of necessity. It is really very nice - some great restaurants, beautiful homes & of course, home of the Robertsons & Duck Commander!! (DC store really is a cool place & great duck calls.)
West Monroe schools are very good, as well, & WMHS is exceptional in academics & athletics. Their football facilities are like a small university's.
Monroe's crime rate has steadily increased for years. It wasn't nearly as bad when I was younger. It's very sad to me considering I grew up going there from the time I was a very young child, and have tons of great memories. That was our "go to" place for dining, movies, concerts, clubs, shopping, pretty much everything. Many of my friends went to NLU (now ULM), which has excellent nursing & pharmacology programs. We had a blast going to our older friends' college parties while still in hs. (Thought we were hot shite. ) People from my hometown used to joke about us maybe having "dual residency" because of how much time we all spent there.
I visited Monroe/WM a few months ago, and while it's great how much West Monroe has grown, and how nice it is, it was bittersweet to be in Monroe. Some of my favorite restaurants are still there (Mohawk & Warehouse), and ULM seems to be doing ok, but a good bit of downtown looks and is very different. All of the growth (restaurants & retail stores) is east of Monroe, off of I-20 by the mall. That's where the huge, new(er) Ouachita High School is, as well. Beautiful school, btw.
Fayetteville, on the other hand, has changed & grown through the years, for the better. It has always been an extremely nice, picturesque true college town, though, even in the Dinosaur Age when I was going to school there. I'd never even think to compare it to Monroe, then or now. They're very different places. I like both cities for very different reasons & in different ways, but there is no doubt which is the the nicer of the two, even though I am completely biased toward the home of UofA & the Hogs.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 8:32 pm to Feral
Its a magazine by a dude from Oxford.
Its a way to drive new subscribers. That's it.
Its a way to drive new subscribers. That's it.
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