luckyhn

Not doubting that you saw a sign like that in the state, but what do racists in the Ozarks have to have to do with parent's business problems. Pretty bait-y.

This feels like a bait, since Pine Bluff is almost 80% black.

> I don’t need more than a good diner, a supermarket, and a friendly bar.

You'd better be sure about that. Having a favorite diner, grocer and bar and only patronizing those businesses is a world apart from having exactly one option. What do you do when the bartender/regulars decide they don't like you. Or your neighbor, for that matter. The one whose family's been there for generations and is buds with the sherrif.

IMO you should find another suburb that you and your wife like. There are major downsides to small town living you're probably not taking seriously.

Well, being part of a universal whole, I can only judge the whole, which clearly ought to exist (not a nihilist).