So what members live in NWA? Bryce (my son) thinks we need to move that way. I’d like a small town area but close to an area with a decent hospital for me to work at (I’m a nurse). Good schools and a decent football program. So hit me with areas!
Jim
Good morning Jim!
We're in NE Oklahoma - pretty close to NWA. When we shop, eat out, etc, we drive over to that area as much as we go the other direction to Tulsa. We like the area very much.
Fayetteville, Springdale, and Bentonville/Rogers are the central hub communities, and are rapidly growing. Once upon a time, these were sleepy little rural communities, but Sam Walton changed all that. Mostly because of Wal Mart and other large companies being headquartered there, NWA has become a pretty affluent area. A buddy who lives over there once told me that the highest percentage of millionaires, per-capita, in the nation live in the 2 counties that most locals generally call NWA - Benton and Washington Counties. Fayetteville is a pretty typical college town - the home of the University of Arkansas.
There is no shortage of hospitals. In the Bentonville/Springdale/Fayetteville area, I think there may be as many as 10 hospitals, including a children's hospital and a women's hospital. There's also a hospital in nearby Siloam Springs.
I have another buddy who used to coach football at Rogers High School. They apparently have a great school and the FB program is strong. But because of all the money over there, I expect all the schools in the area will be very good.
My personal impressions are, it's a beautiful area, still has a small town feel, and has every amenity a person could want. And Beaver Lake, just east of Bentonville/Rogers, is one of the prettiest lakes I've seen. One drawback of the rapid growth over there is that they are beginning to have some issues with traffic and crowding in business districts. But probably a minor issue for someone who drives in Memphis all the time lol. And I think it would be pretty easy to live in one of the outlying communities, such as Siloam Springs or Gentry, and commute to any of the area hospitals.
Plus, we'd practically be neighbors!
Red
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will give you the name of his dentist then you can have pretty teffers like him! 
