From the blog you posted:Della wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:06 amSpeaking of Arkansas...WellPreserved wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:57 pmIt’s squaring the image of a bucolic Arkansas with the fact that the largest agricultural commodity are broilers
"I know a lot of folks with deep roots all over this state, and we live here because we love it here. But many of us are not doing well at all. We have major problems with respect to rural health care, education and economic growth. We rank poorly in all those categories. The cumulative result is de-evolutionary."
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024 ... ing-ground
"Northwest Arkansas remains robust. But the growth there is more than offset by the depression settled over the rest of the state."
It's interesting because it demonstrates that our views about our state or other states really are shaped by our limited geographic sphere of reference.