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You do not have a better SEC college town than we do.

Posted on 2/8/18 at 12:02 am
Posted by wmr
North of Dickson, South of Herman's
Member since Mar 2009
32518 posts
Posted on 2/8/18 at 12:02 am
This is a mountain park, with mountain biking, in the city limits.

Kessler Mountain Regional Park

Its accessible from a 60 miles paved pathway network in Fayetteville that looks like this:



This is a view of our bar district, taken from on campus, heading up to Mount Sequoyah.



Here's how the city sits among the hills, downtown on the right, edge of campus on the left.



The town square looks like this:









This overlook is 3 minutes from downtown:



This is an hour east:



This is 25 minutes north:



This is an hour NE:



We have festivals year round like this:










A 40-something year old weekly Farmer's Market that is one of the best in the country:



A botanical garden:



Two different weekly summer free concert series in city parks:



A full slate of Broadway shows and performances year round downtown here:





And that's barely scratching the surface.




Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
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Posted on 2/8/18 at 4:02 am to
I think you need more pics
Posted by UGADawg912
Nunya Dam Bizzness
Member since Sep 2016
1520 posts
Posted on 2/8/18 at 5:06 am to
Is there a Holiday Inn Express?
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119551 posts
Posted on 2/8/18 at 5:55 am to
You don't think every SEC town has all of those items?
Posted by teamjackson
Headspace, LLC
Member since Nov 2012
4618 posts
Posted on 2/8/18 at 6:41 am to
Lol @ calling those "mountains".

Johnson City is more of a college town based on that alone.
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 2/8/18 at 7:32 am to



Fayetteville is my favorite SEC city.
Posted by madmaxvol
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Posted on 2/8/18 at 7:40 am to
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Lol @ calling those "mountains".

Johnson City is more of a college town based on that alone.


True...but Johnson City is a pretty awesome college town in its own right.

Go Bucs...
Posted by teamjackson
Headspace, LLC
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 2/8/18 at 8:11 am to
They've definitely upgraded. Having lived there for 25 years, obviously, I have a different take lol
Posted by Ronaldo Burgundiaz
NWA
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Posted on 2/8/18 at 9:36 am to
Posted by PhilipMarlowe
Member since Mar 2013
20552 posts
Posted on 2/8/18 at 9:52 am to
it's a pretty town.

unfortunately it's populated by the hills have eyes type folk.
Posted by Numberwang
Bike City, USA
Member since Feb 2012
13163 posts
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:17 am to
You make a pretty compelling argument, but you didn't use very good pictures. Fayetteville is a lot prettier than most of those pictures capture. The one from Kessler Mountain Regional Park showing the city among the hills is one I had not seen, though.

Being set IN the hills deliberately is one thing unique to Fayetteville. There is plenty of flatter land to the west and to the north, but the founders chose to keep the city set in the hills, which is pretty cool.
This post was edited on 2/8/18 at 10:19 am
Posted by Numberwang
Bike City, USA
Member since Feb 2012
13163 posts
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:45 am to
You also can't really capture the Washington-Willow historic district, or the Mount Nord historic district, or the vibe of Wilson Park and the surrounding neighborhood in a few google search images.

Nevertheless, here's a couple good ones of that fall fog we often get hung up in the hills and hollows:





Posted by Arksulli
Fayetteville
Member since Aug 2014
25224 posts
Posted on 2/8/18 at 3:43 pm to
Damn you. We are trying to keep house prices down here.

That having been said... Fayetteville (and NW Arkansas for that matter) is the weird case of better to live here then visit.

Its fine for a visit, but when you live here the combo of super heated economy, low cost of living, and wonderful scenery really adds up.
Posted by Jazzbo Depew
Bug Tussle
Member since Dec 2017
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Posted on 2/8/18 at 4:27 pm to
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This is an hour east:




Driving or flying ?
Posted by LSUbase13
Mt. Pleasant, SC
Member since Mar 2008
15060 posts
Posted on 2/8/18 at 6:55 pm to
I've been. Georgia>Arkansas. Y'all are probably second though.

Underrated is Tennessee
Posted by Arksulli
Fayetteville
Member since Aug 2014
25224 posts
Posted on 2/8/18 at 7:12 pm to
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I've been. Georgia>Arkansas. Y'all are probably second though.

Underrated is Tennessee



Please. Keep saying this to anyone who will listen.

NW Arkansas is a hell hole. Do not move there. Do not buy up property at inflated rates. Do not lower the generally quite high level of education. Do not replenish our dwindling stock of white trash.

Georgia is where they filmed Deliverance. Men raping other men appeals to much of the SEC fan base. Move to Georgia and hope that one day you too can rape Ned Beatty.

Posted by wmr
North of Dickson, South of Herman's
Member since Mar 2009
32518 posts
Posted on 2/8/18 at 8:09 pm to
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Driving or flying ?


Driving Monica. Actually, Ponca is 1:15 east of Fayetteville, per Google maps (going the speed limit).
Posted by Pavoloco83
Acworth Ga. too many damn dawgs
Member since Nov 2013
15347 posts
Posted on 2/8/18 at 8:59 pm to
The problem is that your college is in Arkansas. Nobody goes to Arkansas. The only thing people who are not from Arkansas do is fly OVER Arkansas to get to somewhere else.
Posted by TheDeathValley
New Orleans, LA
Member since Sep 2010
17217 posts
Posted on 2/9/18 at 9:00 am to
A) Having cool things an hour away does not make your college town great, it makes those areas around you great.

B) I actually like Fayettville but come on man, can you really with a straight face say it is the best in the SEC, much less the west?
Posted by Numberwang
Bike City, USA
Member since Feb 2012
13163 posts
Posted on 2/9/18 at 10:19 am to
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I actually like Fayettville but come on man, can you really with a straight face say it is the best in the SEC, much less the west?


LOL. Fayetteville is easily the best college town in the SEC West. Athens is the only better one in the SEC, depending on your metric.

This post was edited on 2/9/18 at 10:20 am
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