The Red,White and Blue Festival. Each summer you will find there's typical small town America festivity. It begins with a parade that begins at the medical facility and continues down highway 5 then through main street highway 62 right past the historic downtown square and the yellow brick courthouse. Each evening, we things cool down, nightly amusement begins.
There is often music on the square or at Arkansas State University, and on Saturday night is the town's fireworks celebration. During this happening, there is always a rodeo. Crowds are pleasant and protected. Children and teenagers can run all around without restraint without 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 boosting the team. Family friendly and exciting, the game provides a night of reasonably priced amusement for the entire town. The well supported team also delivers a welcome location for young men to get familiar with good sportsmanship. Regardless of if the Mountain Home Bombers win or lose, the whole town is behind them. It is heart-warming and encouraging to see this level of community particpation.
The next aspect that I like about living here is of course the availability of rivers, lakes, and vacation services. This means that most of my kinfolk enjoy visiting me and I can easily put them up for a week in an economical lake resort vacation cabin, thus relieving me of the work and pressure to entertain and cook 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 delight in a day trip to visit the Jim Gaston Visitor Center and Bull Shoals Dam. I generally recommend they eat lunch or dinner at Gaston's, which is right on the water, and check out the dozens of attractive hummingbirds as they eat. Occasionally my father 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, taking pleasure in the great out doors and taking his time going downstream.
The number four thing I like about living here is the low cost of living in comparison to metropolitain areas. House prices are markedly under what close by towns like Memphis, St. Louis, Little Rock, or Springfield, Missouri. The surroundings here is spectacular and also the temperature is mild. Food price is really the only daily living expense which I have found to be somewhat more than in neighbouring metropolises. Due to our remote location in the Arkansas Ozarks, the carrying expenses to bring in our food and groceries by 18 wheel truck raise the mean cost. I refuse to look at the big box mart, since I privately think it is ruining small town America. This means that I shop for groceries at the smaller sized, employee owned Arkansas franchise grocery store. I pay out slightly more, but it is worth it to me.
The fifth thing that I believe sets apart living here from living in other places is our culture of participation and neighborhood involvement. I have never lived in a community with as numerous clubs and hobby organizations as we have here. Non-profit charitable trust organizations thrive here. Although due to our budget economy they are always short on cash, these benevolent organizations are able to provide a degree of service to other not available elsewhere given that they have lots of volunteers. Although Tennessee is the volunteer state, I think Mountain Home outdoes them per capita and the sheer determination and perseverance to volunteerism in our town. This sense of community if noticeable even in our children and school kids. They organize themselves and have clean ups and school yard improvement initiatives continually all through the year.
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