Looking to make a move, Arkansas?

Wife has family there. The weather iswaaay different from Fla. My only advice is to just be careful driving in some back rural road areas and mind your own business until you get known. I’ve found nothing but great people after they got to know us and I believe some of it’s because we were “family”. It’s a great State!

 

Winters are hit or miss this in this part of the state. All of these pics were just a few years back. We get our fair share of nasty weather. Humidity is always an issue, but over the past couple of years it's really only been July and August that***** the life out of you. Another thing to consider, if you do decide to live outside city limits, be prepared for anything that mother nature may throw your way. Chain saws and generators are a must! These pics make it look like I'm out in the country, but I actually have about 4.5 acres inside city limits.

 

We are accustomed to being ready for anything! Just July and August, thats a dream. Its summer and supposed to be hot, summer shouldnt be 6 plus months long!

 

I JUST LOOKED OUTSIDE and UPSTATE SC has no more room !!!!! Unless you got and LOVE OLD CARS... Bring the JUNK with you.... Just dont move next to the dragstrip and****** about the noise..Or the chicken farm and complain about the smell... NOBODY can drive anymore period anywhere.....under the age of 50...LOL

 

Well we will be moving with at least 6 old cars, a ton of JUNK, would be fine with a dragstrip as a neighbor and would never live next to a chicken farm, a dairy farm is ok, but screw them chickens!

 

I never wanted to live next to birds either...but, turns out that is my wife's hobby now. But, thankfully, with 12 acres and about 160 acres open to the north of me, I don't have any real close neighbors to complain. She puts up with my junk cars and I put up with her peacocks, chickens, etc.

 

North east Ga. corner between NC. Tenn area has always been a "dream "place for me. "East-coast mountains" 4 seasons...lakes...some waterfalls.. Not bad.
SC coast, fugeddaboudit ! We're full of "northern folks" that were on their way to Fla and....stopped!
Weather is NOT south Fla.***** the humidity this time of year will 'take-your-breath-away!'
6sally6
AFA Arkansas.... all I've ever seen is the 'nothingness' along I-40.
A whole lotta nuth'in (which my be just what you're looking for ?!)

 

Bro- ya gotta get off of I 40. Just a few miles north of it in the center of the state is a whole different world....trust me. LOL

 

I've been in Harrison for 28 years. Started in Mountain Home in 1992 and slowly moved west. I still love it here. Beautiful country. Great roads for motorcycling and cruising. The Buffalo River is close. Bull Shoals lake is huge and under utilized.
The cost of living is reasonable. Property values took a huge leap several years ago but still lower than most places.
The drivers are terrible.
Happy hunting.
Edit. It's 6 am and the temp is 75 with 93% humidity. only 90 today but heat index will be 100.

 

Spoke with a man yesterday about his property in Diamond City. Sounds promising. Any input?

 

If hasnt been mentioned we are in NW Ark out by Beaver Lake. Ozarks are beautiful and we are close enough to amenities and medical.

 

Good fishing up that way. Looks like 83 miles to Ozark Raceway Park in Missouri. pretty fair dragstrip. Then you have 40 miles to Branson if that's your thing.
30 miles to North central Arkansas Speedway if dirt circle track is your deal.

 

That shop and slew of old iron still there in Harrison?

 

Never been Branson...

 

Looks like it is.

 

Diamond City has some very nice homes. It also has some dumpy parts. I'd be wary of any vacant land. Not all has utilities. Some homes need grinders and pumps to reach the sewer. Water bills are high. Pavement is limited. The cheap property is cheap for a reason.

 

Speak's is still there. Not much good stuff left. I tried to buy a vehicle there about 20 years ago. "Ain't none of it for sale."

 

Well we have just returned from a 10 day trip from Ft Lauderdale out to Mena, east to NC.
We liked the Waldron Arkansas area as well as Ozark/ Altus.
Any of you over that way?

 

I’m in Rogers, northwest AR.

 

That's one o them super rare siamese tow trucks:

 

I solved the Arizona heat issue by being a Snowbird. Six months in Az with temperatures mostly in the sixties and seventies, and six months in the UP with temperatures mostly in the sixties and seventies.

About time to pack the van and head to the Southwest.

Now only if I could clone my Michigan shop and locate the clone in Tucson.

 

We are coming from the "squish" capital of South Florida!

 

We're a couple of hrs south of Mena. Mena used to have a decent amount of car folks. I'm sure you saw the restored Studebaker dealership full of cars, bikes, and automobilia right in the middle of town. Street and Performance was a staple of that town until Mark's passing. I believe RePops is still in operation there. The Queen Wilhelmina Rod Run is still a decent show to attend at the end of August.

 

That dealership is stunning, Frank Lloyd Wright design, there is also the old gas station next to it that's also full of cool stuff, owned by the owner of Brodix. I told my wife she had no worries of me buying anything as he had already bought all of the cool stuff!

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker_Showroom

 

Since this is back up again and asking about the greener grass seems to come up now and then, I'll offer a resource I found and liked.
Go to city-data.com and check out the area you are interested in. They will have weather, historic disasters, population info and many other things. You can compare these to places you know and get an idea what the situation is like. What is important to some is minor to others, but the info is "just the facts' layout. They do have forums for regions too, but then it's hit and miss on who is talking.

Here's Mena AR
https://www.city-data.com/city/Mena-Arkansas.html

 

I had completely forgot about Brodix being there.