re: Arkansas Will Give You $10,000 and a Mountain Bike to Move There

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If ya gotta pay people to live there, ya might wanna take a look at why it's so unappealing in the 1st place, or not gonna retain residents long term.

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The three Fortune 500 companies HQ'd here (Walmart, Tyson, JB Hunt) are companies that were doing very well pre-Covid and are making out like gang-busters during Covid.

The unemployment rate here is like 1.8% or something, there are not enough people here to sustain the further expansion of these companies. The mid-sized companies in the area are also supply chain/logistics related so they are doing well, too.

There's nothing for the O&G baws of the OT, but if you are in IT, retail, or supply chain there's plenty of opportunities.