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I lived in Northwest Arkansas for a year and really did not enjoy my stay. To me, people only SEEMED friendly. They would pry until they found out "something " on you, such as that my teen daughter had dated a Hispanic boy where we lived before, and then they shunned her. As a woman, I was terribly patronized, and things like that normally roll off my back.

I've never lived anywhere more white, too. Even the sign on the mile of highway between Arkansas and Missouri proudly announced that trash cleanup was courtesy of the KKK.

Nobody ever left, and couldn't imagine why anyone would want to. I couldn't wait. When I pulled into Springfield in my gigantic UHaul to get some gas, a man came over and gave the truck a long look, then in all seriousness asked my how it handled. And he didn't call me "Li'l Lady" and pat me on the head! I almost cried with relief!

I live in Utah now and love it, but it's an expensive area and crowded.

I've never lived anywhere more white, too. Even the sign on the mile of highway between Arkansas and Missouri proudly announced that trash cleanup was courtesy of the KKK.

Where do you get the idea "proudly"? The State went to court to get it stopped but, of course, are required by the 1st Amendment not to discriminate because of someone's political speech. The highway adoption status was revoked a couple of years ago because the man who applied for the permit couldn't actually get enough people together to clean the highway on schedule and people selected that mile to throw out their household garbage and the signs kept getting shot up.

Nobody ever left, and couldn't imagine why anyone would want to. I couldn't wait. When I pulled into Springfield in my gigantic UHaul to get some gas, a man came over and gave the truck a long look, then in all seriousness asked my how it handled. And he didn't call me "Li'l Lady" and pat me on the head! I almost cried with relief!

I just asked my wife if she had ever had anyone call her "Li'l Lady" or otherwise treat her in this manner in Arkansas. The answer was no and she has lived here 32 years. The Arkansas women I know would slap the crap out of someone who said that to them.

There are plenty of reasons to criticize this State believe me, but these don't seem at all familiar to me. The KKK one in particular is a mischaracterization of that situation.