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[quote=Anonymous]OP here, thanks for the diverse responses. Dont want to derail this thread into simply about racism/diversity/bigotry/etc.  A couple of thoughts the thread did spark though. We are currently in a pretty non-economically/racially diverse neighborhood and school (we are not in DC anymore). It is a liberal and tolerant culture, overall, but as in many urban centers, there is a lot of granular, neighborhod by neighborhood segregation. DH and I grew up and lived in extremely diverse cities so it's new to us. I suspect AR would be even more segregated but I really dont know. It is important to me to live in a place that is tolerant of diverse viewpoints and lifestyles.

I took a look at some of those houses. Holy moly, we could put away serious cash for a while. On the other hand, the idea of living in some of those houses seemed pretty foreign to me, though I suppose we could adapt to a "great room" :).

the outdoor stuff looks beautiful.

I think the biggest issue is that it would be very hard for DH--he would work from home or commute and I think it would be harder for him to integrate socially if we are not part of walmart or church.

I asked the one person I know who lives there (she moved a couple years ago) . Her DH is high up in walmart, so they have a built in social life--but it is around country clubs, charity stuff, etc. Her kids are nearly grown so she hasn't really had to deal with schools from the early years, but said that her kids had no trouble doing the last 2 years of high school there, made friends, etc. Said it is strange to have gone from a place where you assume/are surrounded by people with more similar values to a place where folks are generally much more conservative political, pro-life etc and she says it feels like that's a barrier to making deep friendships for her, but that she has met a lot of lovely people. They do not consider it long term, 5 years or so, and then another move. [/quote]

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