Reviews & Comments
Fort Smith, AR
re: crime rate - 11/27/2008 -
12/1/2013I'm not sure where you live, but this is about Ft. Smith, AR. The place you described is certainly not Ft. Smith.
Fort Smith, AR
re: not true... - 6/25/2006 -
12/1/2013Ravi: Right you are---Fort Smith has higher taxes than Los Angeles! I know, I lived there! Housing in Fort Smith is too high, also. This ain't Dallas, folks. If you can afford an apartment or a house in Ft. Smith, you probably wouldn't live in it. If you can find a job in Ft. Smith, it won't pay enough to live on, and the politics will make you very unhappy.
Fort Smith, AR
re: Awful place to live. - 11/5/2011 -
12/1/2013@Kathi: You are correct! Fort Smith REALLY sucks, and I'll be moving, too. As soon as possible! Have a good life here in Podunk, AR.
Fort Smith, AR
You Think You Want To Move Here, But You Don't---I -
7/24/2011In today's economy, nearly any town has it's problems with unemployment, etc. However, Fort Smith, Arkansas has ALWAYS had high unemployment. This skews the statistics and enable bogus comments such as, "Fort Smith's unemployment figures haven't changed much because of the economy." It's true---the figures haven't changed much because unemployment here is still above the national average. But to make it seem that Fort Smith is a stable place is deceptive. The large manufacturing firms that relocated here many years ago to escape states that allowed labor unions have decided that even Ft. Smith is too much trouble and they're all heading down to Mexico. Everyone that worked in these plants was from Oklahoma, anyway. Anyone living in Fort Smith is generally shunned by the firms---not sure why. In fact nearly ALL jobs in Fort Smith are held by people from rural Oklahoma. Ask anyone you meet at the dentist office, the schools, retail---you name it. They're ALL from Oklahoma. I think a toll bridge on the Arkansas river would be nice, or maybe a tax for Okies coming here to take jobs from Fort Smith citizens. Once a business allows Okies to work there, it isn't long before one of them becomes a supervisor or some form of lower management. After that, it's all over. From then on, they'll hire nothing but Okies. In fact, in Okie-infested businesses in Fort Smith, the Okies will deride Ft. Smith and talk about how much they hate it. Go back to Oklahoma is what I say. This is also the Bible Belt, so if you're a normal person from somewhere else, be advised that in no way is diversity tolerated here. I've seen many a Californian who had a relative in this area try to move in, only to give up and head back out West. Ft. Smith is a strange bird, indeed.