Historically, why does it seem so different from other """Southern""" states? It feels nothing like Texas or Louisiana or Mississippi or Georgia. It kind of just feels like Kentucky or West Virginia but with smaller hills.
>>16808936it was populated by settlers from the upper south
>>16808936Arkansas sucks, sucks, sucks. Everyone is very poor and like 80% of people have done meth.>yeah is some nice nature, no?>if you do go hiking stick to the trails because there's a lot of meth shacks out in the countryside and they'll just as soon kill you rather than risk some city slickers reporting them
Southern Arkansas feels a lot like the rest of the south—flat fields and piney woods, while the Ozarks create more of an Appalachian vibe with music and culture.