My little Brother also bought some acreage up in the Ozarks years ago and keeps it maintained, moved a trailer up there and gonna build his last house (Contractor). He's moving up there in a couple of years when he Retires.
I traveled all over NAFTA for Wal~Mart for 8 years, spent a lot of time in Bentonville, AK and a lot of other small company towns with a hugh warehouse and 4 gas stations. I don't mind Arkansas but wouldn't want to live there and my Brother informs me that the Taxes there ARE CHEAP, property, vehicle and sales.
My mother's family have lived in the Arkansas Ozarks since before the Civil War.
My parents had a small farm near Fayetteville. My parents split their time between
Texas and Arkansas. My brother received his PhD from the University of Arkansas.
He moved back to the Ozarks after he retired from NASA a few years ago [he was
one of NASA's last remaining Apollo era scientists to retire.] Ironically, there is a
conspiracy theory going around that ex-military and ex-NASA people are moving
to the "safety" of the Ozarks. But I know my brother has roots there. Although
he still participates in NASA's climate group.. and he is trying to get his little sister
to move there... so maybe he does "know" something ;)