I am the EXPERT on Fort Smith Arkansas. I use an alias since I was never proud of my "home town city". I grew up in Arkansas for many years. Let's just say that my family has been in the town for millennia and I know it very very well. Too well. I know the people, the culture and the history. I know how the typical "Fort Smithian" thinks to a "T". I know what they are gonna do before they even do it as I can predict events in that town and always have and been able to. Since leaving Fort Smith to go over to MUCH GREENER PASTURES IN THE USA, I NEVER tell ANYONE that I am from Arkansas, let alone the south. I lie like a rug. I do not want anyone to know I was born in Fort Smith Arkansas. It's heyday has come and went many moons ago. Arkansas is one of those states that is the butt of jokes on TV constantly along any mention of a "pet pig", the movie Deliverance, banjos playing, kissing cousins, or bestiality. When I "LEFT" Fort Smith in 1988, I left for good. I have read many of the postings on this site and I agree with all of them. Fort Smith is only a good town if you are a retiree, or you want to raise children in a largely "bible belt judgmental atmosphere" and you have money from OUTSIDE SOURCES TO SUSTAIN YOU. The economy has ALWAYS SUCKED in Fort Smith and the town fathers and the "elite" families LIKE IT THAT WAY because then they CAN CONTINUE TO PAY slave wages! This is "how" they get ahead there, by screwing everyone else financially. For such hateful people who are always saying "We're Christian!" with a toothy grin, they will also stab you in the back in a New York minute or sue you for any infraction. I never met a more sue-crazy people in my life. The one guy wrote about the jobs there and the "wonderful interview" at the medical facility. Of course he did! 'Cause people in Fort Smith get sick all the damn time! Doctors do well there, and lawyers for suing everyone. Tons of ambulance chasers there. I know. The city council and the city fathers DO NOT LIKE CHANGE of any kind, never kid and never will. It's a ghost of a town of what it once was. You are completely wasting your time there if you are out of town. Get with the program and get to Texas as soon as you can! If your grandpappy did not take a miniball during the Civil War - they are still fighting the Civil War by the way - and if your daddy is not a doctor, lawyer, or owns Central Mall in town - you don't stand a chance. The people there only care about WHAT YOU HAVE and WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR THEM TODAY!? There is ALWAYS an ulterior motive to conversation. They either want you to go to their church or they want money from you. The apartments are dilapidated plantation shacks that probably have a germ infestation rate more than the national average. There are some "nice" people there, but few and far between. Most of the people are onry, broke, fat from eating all the fried foods, and stupid to be honest. Fort Smith once had the unique qualifying award in the 1970's of "having more fast food restaurants per capita than anywhere else in the country!" Geez, something to "take pride" in huh? More fried food. Go to the local Fort Smith Walmart and you'll see more fat Walmartians than you can throw a fried chicken stick at. I don't mean "pleasantly plump", I mean gargantuan FAT. Men and women alike. Their pants barely fit over their fannies. There has always been a "rich elite" running Fort Smth - and there are some damn nice homes there. But......there is NOTHING to do but go to Central Mall, eat out, and go home. Golf is limited. Fianna Hills and Riley Farms have some beautiful homes as does the "old money" in town namely the Free Ferry area. DO NOT GO THERE TO WORK as you will STARVE. COME TO DALLAS TEXAS INSTEAD! Tons of jobs here, more cosmopolitan, still family oriented, great weather, and tons of nice people too for locals and transplants alike.
Colonel Hogan | Allen, TX | Report Abuse