re: SEC Metro Growth Rates

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I can remember when NWA residents would brag about Springdale, but now it's often mentioned as a blight on the region.

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LOL. Springdale has never been a point of pride in NWA.

Even when it was lilly white, it was referred to as Chickendale, and considered the ugly stepsister to Fayetteville where all the slaughterhouses were located, and the country folk lived.

There's more wealth in Springdale now than ever before, but it's still got a reputation as a working-class town with poorly planned development. It's still nicer than most LR suburbs, though. At least Har-Ber and the west side. Not to mention it has a Fortune 75 company HQ there.