Love it here!
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2/6/2010
I moved here from California in 2007 and love it here. The air is clean, property is cheap, life is slower, there is no grafitti and far less crime... It is a small town - you don't have hot night life anad lots of shopping options in a small town. Jonesboro is only 20 minutes away and is 3 times larger, has a decent mall, and a University. Concerts? Since I have lived here they have had several big name concerts, and it is only 90 minutes to Memphis where you can get all kinds of shopping, restaurants, concerts, etc. Hot and humid? Yes, during July and August. Where I came from, Bakersfield, California, it could be over 100 from May to October, so I will take the heat here in the two summer months. We actually enjoy four seasons here. Jobs? Again - it's a small town. We are both teachers, and they are notoriously underpaid everywhere, but we make a decent living. We are SO glad that we moved here. We have made good friends at work, church, and already had family here when we moved. It is a great place to live. The Ozarks are only just over an hour to the west, Memphis to the southeast, and St. Louis, a terrific city, is about 3 hours north. If you love the outdoors: hunting, fishing, camping, boating, etc., this is heaven.
Kathy | Paragould, AR