Fayetteville, AR Reviews

Crime rates, traffic safety? - 6/10/2010
I have read some of the comments about crime rates in Fayetteville and I am puzzled. It is really a simple matter to check online about such things. Fayetteville's crime rates were below the national average 20 years ago but are today right at the national average. The traffic fatality rate is way above the national average. That rate is dubiously not reflected in the crime rates, even tho reckless driving, drunken driving, running red lights and speeding are all crimes. So safety in Fayetteville is lacking. The other writers here obviously have access to the free data available on the web. They seem to be writing rather carelessly, in not even bothering to check such sources as fbi.gov and nhtsa.gov. Is there something you other writers have in common? - perhaps being primarily native Read More

A good place for a certain kind of person; for ot - 6/25/2009
Fayetteville would rank very high on your personal recreation scale if you enjoy outdoor sports, such as backpacking, canoeing, hunting, or fishing. It would rank very low on your personal cultural scale if you enjoy live performances of ballet, opera, symphonic music, or theater. Extrapolate from those extremes, remember that it is in the Bible Belt, and you can get a pretty good idea of what it's like to live in Read More

Something for Everyone - 5/4/2009
Fayetteville is an excellent city for individuals interested in politics on a national, state, or community level. There are tons of organizations with activities planned year round. It is hard to live in Fayetteville and NOT be involved in something. Additionally, there are more liberal political leanings in Fayetteville than in the rest of the state, which is decidedly more Read More

Fayetteville is great - 5/4/2009
Fayetteville is a wonderful place with very friendly people, low crime, good schools. There are lots of outdoor activity in the surrounding area, state parks and lakes. The city also has a wonderful paved walking trail several miles long. The University of Arkansas campus is beautiful. Lots of great resturants and Great shopping in the town and other local towns. Also there is Razorback games and then there is "Bikes, Blues and B-B-Q" festivals. Every fall there is one of the largest craft fairs with many locations in a 2 county Read More

College town - 2/4/2009
This town is awesome for someone in their twenties. Lot of women and low crime. The town is rolling hills and around the university is Dickson and pretty much a historical Read More

Fayetteville is fabulous, these folks have no clue - 1/30/2009
I moved to Fayetteville about a year ago from Asheville, NC. This place is great. Very nice people, surprisingly progressive, there are seriously "green" here, they recycle everything. The place is pretty, rolling hills, in the foothills of the Ozarks. The University of Arkansa is here. The city library is unreal, the finest I've ever seen in a city this size. Houses are reasonable, and people have pride in ownership. Every good food chain is here including Bonefish and Ruths Chris. The local restaurants, my favorites, are outstanding, from the best burger in the world at "Hugo's" to the best italian "Bordino's" to the best seafood "Cafe Rue Orleans" and "Mermaids", the food in Fayetteville rocks. Free concerts in the park in summer, great music nightly on Dickson Street, even for an older guy like me "happy hour" bands at George's Majestic, a great live music venue. Ammenities like Lake Fayetteville, great shopping. I can't believe what these other writers wrote???  Read More

Not Very Nice - 8/16/2008
My friend had a job offer in Fayetteville a few months ago and we drove from Nashville to check out the town. We were extremely disappointed. It seemed like the entire town was unclean and very low income. We were so unimpressed with it he did not accept the job because we could not imagine leaving there. It doesn't compare to Nashville in any way, whatsoever. I thought Fayetteville was very trashy and a place I would never Read More

Disappointed - 8/16/2008
Fayetteville, home of UA is so culturly behind. So is the city. It's not laid out streetwise, housing, economics. The town is the college and a hospital and tyson. If it weren't for UA, this town would be Read More

Fayetteville - 5/30/2008
Northwest Arkansas in general is a wonderful place to live. Unfortunately there has been quite an influx of illegal immigrants and people from New Orleans, that have been continuously trying to trash the place, but NWA is still nicer than most places. The scenery is gorgeous, and the people are Read More

guality of life - 4/6/2008
When the economic growth came to the Ozark area and the population increased, the influx of outsiders brought about changes to where there is no longer a regional character to the people or area. The cost of living sky rocketed and the cost of housing to the point the quality of life and stability of most average families have been compromised. The actual impact on the environment was effected to where this is no longer a clean near pristine place. The quality of my job in healthcare was horrible: I have never worked in a place with so many disenchanted people and I've never seen place where so many healthcare providers were on mood stabilizers and antidepressants. Again though most were lucky to have jobs with benefits; many were working there with none. As for liberalism it does exsist among most there and diversity is fair but also is judgementalness and cliqishness and much intolerance and that is in all "ball courts", narccism is the norm there. I found Little Rock to be worse Read More