re: NWA. The Next Austin?

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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.

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yeah, I think there's an internal family war between Alice versus Jim and Rob in the realm of politics