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re: Arkansas to have another Fortune 500 company in the house come Monday.
Posted on 5/6/13 at 5:25 am to CtotheVrzrbck
Posted on 5/6/13 at 5:25 am to CtotheVrzrbck
What does that put y'all up to? How many behind Texas are you?
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Posted on 5/6/13 at 8:19 am to CtotheVrzrbck
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Sorry your economy sucks.
Ga's 15 >>>> Ark's 5
Posted on 5/6/13 at 11:05 am to Porter Osborne Jr
Actually, we are up to 6 because JB Hunt also joined the list this year. Damned Little Rock media, only pimping their own.
So now NWA has THREE times as many Fortune 500 companies per capita as Atlanta, including the Fortune #1, in Wal-Mart. Not too shabby for a little hole in the road town.
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So now NWA has THREE times as many Fortune 500 companies per capita as Atlanta, including the Fortune #1, in Wal-Mart. Not too shabby for a little hole in the road town.
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This post was edited on 5/6/13 at 11:07 am
Posted on 5/6/13 at 11:26 am to wmr
yet we have a ratio of meh golf courses to good music venues of 70:1.
Glad to see Hunt get back in the top 500. I figured the ICS division's growth would push it higher. In 4-5 years when they have satellite offices across the country they'll be pushing higher up the list.
Glad to see Hunt get back in the top 500. I figured the ICS division's growth would push it higher. In 4-5 years when they have satellite offices across the country they'll be pushing higher up the list.
Posted on 5/6/13 at 11:43 am to Stonehog
You would actually rather live in Fayetteville than Atlanta?
Posted on 5/6/13 at 11:45 am to Marty McFrat
I figure the changes coming to the brokerage world will be good for companies like Hunt/ICS. Companies that contract owner/operators can't compete on the pricing that an asset based carrier can put downward pressure on the rates.
oh I didn't get the position in PHX, but they want me join up in Lowell. I'm not too crazy about that, I want out of Arkansas like yesterday.
oh I didn't get the position in PHX, but they want me join up in Lowell. I'm not too crazy about that, I want out of Arkansas like yesterday.
Posted on 5/6/13 at 11:48 am to CtotheVrzrbck
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oh I didn't get the position in PHX
Probably for the best. PHX is a hellhole.
Posted on 5/6/13 at 11:49 am to Eric Nies Grind Time
I have visited Atlanta several times and never once had the feeling I'd like living there.
I lived in Dallas (proper) for five years, so I know what its like living in a generic big city.
I'm in Fayetteville by choice. Its a great place for man to live, if you can make some money.
Pretty much the ONLY thing I miss about living in a giant metro is how cheap it is to fly to other places.
I lived in Dallas (proper) for five years, so I know what its like living in a generic big city.
I'm in Fayetteville by choice. Its a great place for man to live, if you can make some money.
Pretty much the ONLY thing I miss about living in a giant metro is how cheap it is to fly to other places.
Posted on 5/6/13 at 11:53 am to wmr
I can definitely see the appeal of living in a smaller metro like NWA.
Posted on 5/6/13 at 12:12 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
To me personally, the biggest downside is that if you lose your great job (in a specific field) it might be difficult to find another one.
That was never a problem in Dallas, just due to the volume of different companies and industries.
I don't know if I will live here permanently, but I know that if I do the Metro thing again, it will probably be in a more manageable-sized metro, like Denver, SLC, Nashville or Austin. I've gotten pretty set into my little 10 minute commute, uncrowded gym, and five minute trip to my favorite restaurants.
If I was 22 and just getting out of college, I would probably want to GTFO for a while and explore, which is exactly what I did.
That was never a problem in Dallas, just due to the volume of different companies and industries.
I don't know if I will live here permanently, but I know that if I do the Metro thing again, it will probably be in a more manageable-sized metro, like Denver, SLC, Nashville or Austin. I've gotten pretty set into my little 10 minute commute, uncrowded gym, and five minute trip to my favorite restaurants.
If I was 22 and just getting out of college, I would probably want to GTFO for a while and explore, which is exactly what I did.
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Posted on 5/6/13 at 12:20 pm to wmr
I know a lot of people who haven't ever spent any time here just think "500k metro, in Arkansas" and make some associations with that.
What makes living here appealing for many of us is the small town feeling, the fact that most everything is new and clean (because we've grown so fast), and that there is a lot of big, new money, and entrepreneurial energy. So we get small town life, but a lot of the amenities that can be supported by people who make shite-loads of cash.
Plus its just easy. I find myself describing Houston and Dallas as "its a lot of work living there", as in lots of traffic, lots of driving to everything, stress about crime, zip codes, hard to get to nature, everything seems expensive, etc.
What makes living here appealing for many of us is the small town feeling, the fact that most everything is new and clean (because we've grown so fast), and that there is a lot of big, new money, and entrepreneurial energy. So we get small town life, but a lot of the amenities that can be supported by people who make shite-loads of cash.
Plus its just easy. I find myself describing Houston and Dallas as "its a lot of work living there", as in lots of traffic, lots of driving to everything, stress about crime, zip codes, hard to get to nature, everything seems expensive, etc.
Posted on 5/6/13 at 12:26 pm to wmr
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Plus its just easy. I find myself describing Houston and Dallas as "its a lot of work living there", as in lots of traffic, lots of driving to everything, stress about crime, zip codes, hard to get to nature, everything seems expensive, etc.
This is definitely how I feel about Houston an why I could see myself wanting to get out once I settle down
Posted on 5/6/13 at 1:06 pm to wmr
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there is a lot of big, new money, and entrepreneurial energy
uhhh and yet not a single angel cap fund in the entire state. In the past 2 years there's been a small push to help startups but it's a very narrow field and lags WAAAAAAY behind everywhere else, and if there was an entrepreneur here that was worth a darn, they'd choose San Jose, Boulder, San Diego, NYC, Austin, Chicago, SLC, SF, KC etc because the people with the experience and access to investment firms are there and not in LR. Stephens will barely give you a white paper of other firms to chase much less actually help lend some knowledge or foster a relationship for down the road. They're just into asset mgmt and seeding middle of the road companies.
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