re: Is Little Rock a shithole or a nice clean city?

I've said it before and I'll say it again-I like Little Rock and NWA having lived in both places (Fayetteville in college and LR/NLR in more recent years). NWA has come a long way and it's no longer just about the You of A but is truly a growing metro area with so much to offer. Little Rock, with its westward expansion over many years, also has much to offer. I don't worry too much about the bad places because I don't often go there (at least not at night) and in my line of work I often have to visit the worst places (not all in LR though) and deal with some of the worst people so I'm somewhat immune to it. Granted, I'm not going jogging in the early morning hours in the vicinity of 18th & Pine as part of some social experiment, but just a little common sense goes a long way when you travel about the city.

And even the City of Colleges, where this troll (?) post originates, has really grown into a neat place with lots to offer, annoying roundabouts notwithstanding. Hey, the new courthouse is pretty nice and I like the baseball fields, too.