would you move to bentonville ak?

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Anonymous wrote:The people screaming no because of the supposed lack of diversity are probably just as narrow minded and insular in their own way as the those they judge for living in non-diverse places

Truth. It's total hypocrisy, but it's almost cliché at this point.

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Anonymous wrote:The people screaming no because of the supposed lack of diversity are probably just as narrow minded and insular in their own way as the those they judge for living in non-diverse places

OP, only way to find out if you'd like Bentonville is to actually move there. Go for a visit as a test. Just as with everything else in life, some people will love it, others will hate it. Some people don't mind being a liberal minority just as others don't mind being a conservative minority, while the reverses would hate it. Some people will walk through life feeling that they're being judged and stared at all the time for not being the conventional stereotype of the area, others will quickly find their peers (LGBT, Jewish, atheist, liberals, artists, etc) in the same area and never look back. Others simply don't care and happily live their life the way they want.

- Said the generic garden variety looking white person

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The people screaming no because of the supposed lack of diversity are probably just as narrow minded and insular in their own way as the those they judge for living in non-diverse places

OP, only way to find out if you'd like Bentonville is to actually move there. Go for a visit as a test. Just as with everything else in life, some people will love it, others will hate it. Some people don't mind being a liberal minority just as others don't mind being a conservative minority, while the reverses would hate it. Some people will walk through life feeling that they're being judged and stared at all the time for not being the conventional stereotype of the area, others will quickly find their peers (LGBT, Jewish, atheist, liberals, artists, etc) in the same area and never look back. Others simply don't care and happily live their life the way they want.

- Said the generic garden variety looking white person

np. The criticism holds regardless of what you look like. You think diversity is something that others should seek, but not you.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a good nearby lake where I could keep a ski boat? How close by, and how many acres?

If so, yes. I'd be there in a NY minute.

There are many lakes. I don't know how many acres they are. Look at a map and you can see them all.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a good nearby lake where I could keep a ski boat? How close by, and how many acres?

If so, yes. I'd be there in a NY minute.

There are many lakes. I don't know how many acres they are. Look at a map and you can see them all.

I love lakes, I tell you what. I have a boat now on the lake and it just makes me so happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The people screaming no because of the supposed lack of diversity are probably just as narrow minded and insular in their own way as the those they judge for living in non-diverse places

OP, only way to find out if you'd like Bentonville is to actually move there. Go for a visit as a test. Just as with everything else in life, some people will love it, others will hate it. Some people don't mind being a liberal minority just as others don't mind being a conservative minority, while the reverses would hate it. Some people will walk through life feeling that they're being judged and stared at all the time for not being the conventional stereotype of the area, others will quickly find their peers (LGBT, Jewish, atheist, liberals, artists, etc) in the same area and never look back. Others simply don't care and happily live their life the way they want.

I'm guessing that you are none of these "peers" that you mention.

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Anonymous wrote:For Walmart, yes. It's the type of company where you don't have to stay forever if you end up not liking the job or AR. Leader in the CPG space -- you can then get other jobs in the CPG space in other locations. If the job is something like in house lawyer -- also yes -- firms love courting ex-WMT people bc they view it is an in to getting even a small % of WMT's business.

There is a Jewish community there -- amongst the WMT transplants. From what I've heard WMT transplants are like an ex pat community -- all living in the same areas, socializing together, kids in the same schools etc. -- so your day to day social interactions are not all that different from the east coast.

NO!!!!!! We are a jewish family that lived there. WORST YEARS of MY Life. No it is nothing like the east coast-we live in Boston now and there is nothing comparable. The schools are terrible, there are very few restaurants, church is central to life there, very little cultural experiences. Do not do it.

I can see why you'd have a difficulty time adjusting to a new place.

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Anonymous wrote:We're an interracial and intercultural family, and no, we wouldn't move to the deep south.

Well, that's a shame. There are many families just like yours right here in Georgia.

Why are you on DC URBAN MOMS? Just to spread your racist poison?

I lived in the Deep South with similar demographics. I would not do it. No need to be in a place where your little kids will internalize racism. No thanks.

PP here. Used to live in DC and have family there. Sorry if you don't want me posting here. Our children have not internalized racism at all because we aren't racists. Our extended family's kids go to schools with students from varying backgrounds, religions, and cultures. You should try letting go of the "poison" that's preventing you from appreciating people who live in other places.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You could be neighbors with the Duggars!

or in New York with all the Bunkers!

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Anonymous wrote:The people screaming no because of the supposed lack of diversity are probably just as narrow minded and insular in their own way as the those they judge for living in non-diverse places

OP, only way to find out if you'd like Bentonville is to actually move there. Go for a visit as a test. Just as with everything else in life, some people will love it, others will hate it. Some people don't mind being a liberal minority just as others don't mind being a conservative minority, while the reverses would hate it. Some people will walk through life feeling that they're being judged and stared at all the time for not being the conventional stereotype of the area, others will quickly find their peers (LGBT, Jewish, atheist, liberals, artists, etc) in the same area and never look back. Others simply don't care and happily live their life the way they want.

I'm guessing that you are none of these "peers" that you mention.

You guessed wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL I love how people are trying to negate our actual experiences as an intercultural and interracial family that has lived all over. You're not entitled to insist we're wrong. It's our experience. It's not something I'll subject my kids to.

A person's experiences are also processed and internalized specific to each person. Doesn't meant your perceptions are factual.

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Anonymous wrote:The people screaming no because of the supposed lack of diversity are probably just as narrow minded and insular in their own way as the those they judge for living in non-diverse places

Truth. It's total hypocrisy, but it's almost cliché at this point.

You two have a racist, entitled point of view. It's not hypocrisy to want to live in a place where you're not the town freak and where people don't stereotype or condemn you in a thousand ways.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The people screaming no because of the supposed lack of diversity are probably just as narrow minded and insular in their own way as the those they judge for living in non-diverse places

Truth. It's total hypocrisy, but it's almost cliché at this point.

You two have a racist, entitled point of view. It's not hypocrisy to want to live in a place where you're not the town freak and where people don't stereotype or condemn you in a thousand ways.

NNP. The hypocrisy lies in your prejudiced assumptions that "those people" will automatically condemn you and consider you the town freak.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL I love how people are trying to negate our actual experiences as an intercultural and interracial family that has lived all over. You're not entitled to insist we're wrong. It's our experience. It's not something I'll subject my kids to.

A person's experiences are also processed and internalized specific to each person. Doesn't meant your perceptions are factual.

Yes, racism and narrow-minded right-wing provincial attitudes of others and their words and actions are just others' "perceptions." They don't exist at all in your experience, so they can't be "factual."

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The people screaming no because of the supposed lack of diversity are probably just as narrow minded and insular in their own way as the those they judge for living in non-diverse places

Truth. It's total hypocrisy, but it's almost cliché at this point.

You two have a racist, entitled point of view. It's not hypocrisy to want to live in a place where you're not the town freak and where people don't stereotype or condemn you in a thousand ways.

NNP. The hypocrisy lies in your prejudiced assumptions that "those people" will automatically condemn you and consider you the town freak.

It's not an assumption. It's a lifetime of experience, having lived all over the world and all over this country. It's perfectly doable, but given the choice, it's not something I'd recommend for optimal happiness.