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Aerial view of the College Avenue Highway 71B commercial corridor in Fayetteville, Arkansas, showing its five-lane cross-section and strip retail

Cities, Neighborhoods

The 15th Street Interchange Is Already Being Built

Correcting my South Fayetteville video: the 15th Street I-49 interchange is funded, approved and under construction as part of the $100M MLK interchange project.

Exterior of Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas in Rogers, part of the region's expanding health care campus

Cities, Working in NWA

That Student Housing Garage Isn't Public Parking

Correcting my Northwest Arkansas news video: the Trinitas Ventures garage is resident parking, and Fayetteville rejected a separate Trinitas project on Dickson Street.

Rendering of the expanded terminal and covered curbside at Northwest Arkansas National Airport, XNA

Cities, Neighborhoods

I Can't Find That 150-Acre Bike Park

Correcting my Bentonville home values video: no announced project matches the 150-acre bike park, but the NE J Street Interchange is a real funded city bond project.

Razorback fans in red tailgating under canopies before a home football game in Fayetteville, Arkansas

Moving to NWA, Things to Do

I Lowballed a Razorback Crowd by 30,000

Correcting my Northwest Arkansas fall video: Razorback Stadium seats 76,212, our summers are more humid than Chicago's, and the long-leaves phenomenon is called marcescence.

Kayakers paddling below a limestone bluff on an Ozark lake in Northwest Arkansas as a swimmer jumps from the rock ledge

Moving to NWA, Cost of Living

Seven Degrees Cooler Than Dallas, Not Twenty

Correcting my Dallas relocation video: NWA summers run about 7 degrees cooler than Dallas, and Texas property taxes are roughly double Arkansas's.

Limestone bluffs above a clear green river winding through the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas in spring

Moving to NWA, Cost of Living

Benton County Is More Expensive Than Phoenix

Correcting my Phoenix relocation video: Northwest Arkansas is not a quarter the cost of Phoenix, and our summers are more humid than Chicago's.

Rendering of a new Northwest Arkansas public park showing a timber play structure, looping walking paths and a pavilion

Cities, Things to Do

Bentonville Isn't Spending $63 Million on That Park

Correcting my Northwest Arkansas video: the 8th Street Gateway Park costs about $39 million with $32.5M from the Walton Family Foundation, not $63 million from the city.

American Eagle regional jet taxiing past the terminal gates at Northwest Arkansas National Airport, XNA

Moving to NWA, Things to Do

Nobody Negotiates Your Airfare at XNA

Correcting my XNA video: the NWA Council funds routes through revenue guarantees, not fare negotiation, and Drake Field is in Fayetteville, not Bentonville.

Bentoville Food Theater marquee sign on the Bentonville square in Arkansas

Cities, Working in NWA

Very Little Arkansas Rice Goes to Japan

Correcting my Japan video: state minister Norikazu Suzuki was hosted by Phil Libin, not the Waltons, and Arkansas is barely a supplier to Japan's rice market.

Architectural rendering of the cancelled 16-story Dream Hotel proposed for Pinnacle Hills in Rogers, Arkansas

Cities, Things to Do

The Dream Hotel Is Not Being Built

Correcting my Dream Hotel video: the 16-story Rogers project was cancelled in December 2024, and Northwest Arkansas still tops out at 10 stories.

Aerial view of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, with autumn colour across the surrounding Ozark ravine

Moving to NWA, Cost of Living

Texas Students Don't Get In-State Tuition Here

Correcting my video: Texas students get the New Arkansan Non-Resident Tuition Award, a GPA-based discount, not in-state tuition at the University of Arkansas.

Interior of a Northwest Arkansas home under construction, with a green kitchen island, unfinished concrete floor and new cabinetry

Cities, Cost of Living

Molly Rawn Won. I Called Her a Challenger.

Correcting my Reddit answers: Molly Rawn is Fayetteville's mayor, the Dream Hotel was cancelled in December 2024, and no Costco is coming to Northwest Arkansas.