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re: What is the general consensus here on ranking of SEC campuses based on scenic beauty?
Posted on 4/16/23 at 8:38 pm to Numberwang
Posted on 4/16/23 at 8:38 pm to Numberwang
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a metro of 600K people
There's one unrivaled distinction about the Fayetteville metropolis. It's the only city in America with a metro population of greater than 300,000 that's located more than 30 miles away from the nearest river, or other natural waterway.
How did y'all get that big?
Posted on 4/16/23 at 9:46 pm to tarzana
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There's one unrivaled distinction about the Fayetteville metropolis. It's the only city in America with a metro population of greater than 300,000 that's located more than 30 miles away from the nearest river, or other natural waterway.
How did y'all get that big?
Firstly, the White River does run through the SE side of Fayetteville. It is small over on this side of the state, though. It isn't navigable, but I look at the Trinity River in DFW and wonder which river has more consistent water in it.
Secondly, we got this big because of a big university, and a handful of crazy-smart entrepreneurs. Waltons, Tysons and Hunts, to name a few.
Fayetteville was a college town pre-civil war. The Arkansas College campus was burned down in the Battle of Fayetteville, along with much of the town. The University of Arkansas was founded in 1871 as a land grant, but a college and a women's seminary had been here decades prior to that.
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