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Farmington High set to become a de facto 2nd Fayetteville high school.
Posted on 5/3/16 at 9:55 pm
Posted on 5/3/16 at 9:55 pm
I saw a story on the news tonight about the growth in the Farmington school district and their new facilities. They are now 5A and growing fast. Everything being built out Wedington west of Broyles Rd is in Fayetteville city limits, but a part of the Farmington School District.
That is probably the fastest growing section of Fayetteville. Lots of rooftops going up out that way.
That is probably the fastest growing section of Fayetteville. Lots of rooftops going up out that way.
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Posted on 5/3/16 at 9:59 pm to wmr
They'll be too big one day and will no longer play Prairie Grove...will be a sad day when that happens. In football at least.
Posted on 5/3/16 at 10:00 pm to wmr
Farmington will be the White Flight refuge of Fayettenam, like Bryant, Cabot and Maumelle was to LR.
Posted on 5/3/16 at 10:01 pm to wmr
Makes me sad. The population was 2,500 when I graduated back in the day. Now the town is completely different.
Posted on 5/3/16 at 10:01 pm to Pigfeet
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Farmington will be the White Flight refuge of Fayettenam, like Bryant, Cabot and Maumelle was to LR
Except there is no reason for white flight. So, I doubt that happens.
Posted on 5/3/16 at 10:04 pm to Hawgeye
Give it time, it follows money
Posted on 5/3/16 at 10:05 pm to Pigfeet
More money will always be in Fayetteville though. Now, you could say Bentonville has been that flight school for the past 8-10 years or so.
Posted on 5/3/16 at 10:13 pm to Hawgeye
Its going to hit all of the major towns up there eventually, just like the flight from the late 80's down here are now leaving Cabot, Bryant, and Maumelle for smaller townships.
Those townships are being overrun with Gov't affordable housing and 1,200-2,000 sq ft homes.
Those townships are being overrun with Gov't affordable housing and 1,200-2,000 sq ft homes.
Posted on 5/3/16 at 10:31 pm to Pigfeet
If anything, I see the crappier parts of Fayetteville gentrifying quickly. Midtown is a good example. The intersection of Township & College is transformed and there are $350,000 houses being built up the hill behind the titty bar. The Suds carwash next to the CVS (which replaced the old Days Inn) is about to be knocked down and replaced by a Starbucks. South Fayetteville is booming with teardowns and new infill. I just don't see Fayetteville having a decline anytime soon. Springdale is experiencing some "white flight" and Rogers, to a lesser degree. Both cities are still growing and have nice, new areas developing at the moment.
Posted on 5/3/16 at 10:39 pm to wmr
wmr is correct on this.
affordable housing will be pushed further away from the town centers except for Springdale.
Pea Ridge is blowing up, PG is steamrolling ahead, Lincoln is gaining but it's just too far away from the Home Office. I know people that drive it but that's insane to me.
IF and a big IF Bella Vista could get some sensible revamping of roads a whole new wave of home buying will there as the original retirees have mostly died off and their homes are bargains. For the young family it's a great deal but man is it a pain in the arse to get around BV.
There'll be no shortage of buyers/developers in Fayetteville.
affordable housing will be pushed further away from the town centers except for Springdale.
Pea Ridge is blowing up, PG is steamrolling ahead, Lincoln is gaining but it's just too far away from the Home Office. I know people that drive it but that's insane to me.
IF and a big IF Bella Vista could get some sensible revamping of roads a whole new wave of home buying will there as the original retirees have mostly died off and their homes are bargains. For the young family it's a great deal but man is it a pain in the arse to get around BV.
There'll be no shortage of buyers/developers in Fayetteville.
Posted on 5/3/16 at 11:01 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
Yeah, the west side of Fayetteville is the affordable side right now. Central and East Fayetteville are gaining in value and price. Some areas adjacent to the college but not "downtown" will continue to be sort of crappy, but they're college ghettos for the most part.
Midtown Fayetteville hit its low point sometime in the mid 2000s. It's picking up steam. People want to live near the downtown areas around here. Fayetteville public schools still have a good reputation, if shitty leadership, at the moment.
Midtown Fayetteville hit its low point sometime in the mid 2000s. It's picking up steam. People want to live near the downtown areas around here. Fayetteville public schools still have a good reputation, if shitty leadership, at the moment.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 9:00 am to CtotheVrzrbck
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There'll be no shortage of buyers/developers in Fayetteville.
Truer words were never spoken. I can't stroll down the street to the corner store without passing new construction all over the place. There will be affordable housing close to the University for the college students, but the rest of Fayetteville is going upscale.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 11:07 am to Pigfeet
With all due respect, you seem to be wrong on a couple of points: First of all, Fayetteville is 6% African American, so I have no idea why white flight would ever occur. Secondly, as stated above, south Fayetteville is indeed experiencing gentrification and will be an even more desirable destination for many people, with real estate prices rising.
Much of Farmington's growth over the past decade has been "affordable housing", and those neighborhoods won't retain their value for ever. That town's continuing growth has been inevitable considering that Fayetteville is virtually landlocked, but it's not becoming a haven for the wealthy.
Much of Farmington's growth over the past decade has been "affordable housing", and those neighborhoods won't retain their value for ever. That town's continuing growth has been inevitable considering that Fayetteville is virtually landlocked, but it's not becoming a haven for the wealthy.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 1:28 pm to Pigfeet
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Farmington will be the White Flight refuge of Fayettenam, like Bryant, Cabot and Maumelle was to LR.
This is completely wrong. Don't project your shite hole onto us just because of jealousy. Come with an actual reason. "It happened somewhere else over 100 miles away" is not a valid reason either
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Posted on 5/4/16 at 1:41 pm to Snizzzo
South Fayetteville is going to be desireable. They really need to to build new interchanges now to access I-49. Like right the frick now.
tie in the access road that loops south of 15th St. and give people another way to access Baum and the University from the south and the coming regional park
and then fix the 265 access, it's confusing and should be tied into the park too.
Do this now before there's more homes/businesses built that will make anything harder to get done.
tie in the access road that loops south of 15th St. and give people another way to access Baum and the University from the south and the coming regional park
and then fix the 265 access, it's confusing and should be tied into the park too.
Do this now before there's more homes/businesses built that will make anything harder to get done.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 2:06 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
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South Fayetteville is going to be desireable.
I agree with this. It would have sounded crazy 10 years ago to say it, but it is happening. Downtown is a mix of upscale housing and apartments, which will not be cheap anytime, ever. The increase in prices and redevelopment is already spreading out from the downtown core. Look what is about to happen along North College near the Wilson Park area, and in the "Mill District" along south School and in Walker Park. There's as much "in town" building and renovating as there is construction on the fringe.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 2:14 pm to Porker Face
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This is completely wrong.
No, he's probably not. Give it time.
The same pattern will repeat itself, just as it has with every major population center.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 2:36 pm to WonderWartHawg
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The same pattern will repeat itself, just as it has with every major population center.
It hasn't happened in "every major metropolitan center". In many areas right now, cities that incurred "white flight" are seeing that trend reverse. Austin has been losing African American population for at least a decade, for example. The city center is the most expensive and desirable part of town. The same goes for Portland. In-town neighborhoods are actually becoming less African-American than they have been historically. There's probably a comparison to be made with south Fayetteville and Walker Park, which traditionally had the highest "non-white" percentage of population. If you drive around down there, you'll see a lot of young, mostly white people with decent jobs moving into those areas
NWA is seeing massive growth during a time in which downtowns and city centers are the places people are choosing to live. Fayetteville never saw "white flight" and the city itself is becoming more expensive to live in.
The "it happened in the 1970s" model doesn't really apply here. Sorry to burst your little NWA hate-bubble.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 2:47 pm to Pigfeet
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Farmington will be the White Flight refuge of Fayettenam
The term you're looking for is "bedroom community". Nobody needs to take refuge from Fayetteville
Posted on 5/4/16 at 2:52 pm to WonderWartHawg
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The same pattern will repeat itself, just as it has with every major population center.
Simple. It hasn't happened in every major population center.
It's comments like these that I am starting to understand Little Rock people truly believe they are the center of the universe
Your city is a fricking dump and a huge mess. Everything about it sucks. NWA doesn't envy a single thing you have, except all those damn interstates, which you only have because of a long history of GOBN shite at ahtd.
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