5 Favorite Things About Living in Mountain Home, Arkansas

The Red,White and Blue Celebration. Each summer season you will find there's timeless small town America celebration. It begins with a parade that commences at the healthcare facility and continues down route 5 then through main street highway 62 right past the historical downtown square and the yellow-colored brick court house. Each evening, we things cool down, nighttime amusement starts off.

There is often music on the square or at Arkansas State University, and on Saturday evening is the town's fireworks festivity. During this festival, there is always a rodeo. Crowds are warm and friendly and safe and sound. Children and young adults can run all around freely without having fear of being kidnapped.

Yet another thing I enjoy about our city is the high school football games in the fall. Many football booster club members support the team with fund-raising and by coming out to the games. Many attendees to the Friday night football games not longer have school age kids, but that does not stop them from supporting the team. Family friendly and exciting, the game provides a night of economical entertainment for the whole town. The well supported team also gives a welcome place for teenagers to acquire good sportsmanship. Regardless of if the Mountain Home Bombers win or lose, the entire town is behind them. It is heart-warming and encouraging to see this level of community particpation.

The next aspect which I like about living here is naturally the availability of rivers, lakes, and vacation lodging. This shows that most of my relations enjoy visiting me and I can easily put them up for a week in an inexpensive lake resort cabin, thus relieving me of the work and pressure to entertain and cook dinner for them all week. My friends and family can fill their days and nights with fishing for trout on the White River, or rent a deck boat, pontoon boat, or jet ski and ride it on either Lake Norfork or Bull Shoals Lake. My family can also enjoy a day trip to visit the Jim Gaston Visitor Center and Bull Shoals Dam. I usually suggest they eat lunch at Gaston's, which is right on the river, and observe the heaps of sweet hummingbirds as they eat and drink. Often my dad books a float trip down the White River with a fishing guide and goes in style. Other times he rents a river boat and navigates it himself, making the most of the outdoors and taking his time going downstream.

The number four thing I love about living here is the low cost of living when compared to the metropolitain areas. House costs are markedly lower than close by towns such as Memphis, St. Louis, Little Rock, or Springfield, Missouri. The scenery here is beautiful and also the temperature is mild. Food price is the only regular living expenditure which I have found to be a little bit greater than in neighbouring cities. Due to our separated location in the Arkansas Ozarks, the transporting costs to bring in our foodstuff and groceries by 18 wheeler raise the median price tag. I don't shop at the big box mart, since I privately think it is destroying small town America. This implies that I shop for household goods at the smaller, employee owned Arkansas franchise supermarket. I fork out a little bit more, but it is worth it for me.

The fifth thing which I think sets apart residing here from residing in other areas is our culture of engaging and neighborhood involvement. I have not resided in a town with as numerous clubs and hobby organizations as we have here. Non-profit charity organizations prosper here. Although as a result of our budget economy they are always short on cash, these benevolent organizations provide a level of service to other inaccessible somewhere else given that they have plenty of volunteers. Even though Tennessee is the volunteer state, I think Mountain Home outdoes all of them per capita and the sheer commitment and dedication to volunteerism in our town. This sense of community if evident even in our kids and school kids. They organize by themselves and have clean ups and woodland improvement projects continually all through the year.