Off Topic Help, Little Rock Area!!!!!

Hi, I bring myself over from the Oklahoma forum and I need some help from the find folks over here in Arkansas. My son has a job offer in Little Rock and we are making a trip down next Thursday (5-21-09) and I have heard some good about Little Rock and some bad. The bad thing is the bad is out waying the good right now. So anyone who is from the Little Rock area could you please help us in some good places to live in the area. He doesn't mind driving some if it means staying out of a bad area or town. I know Conway isn't that far away, but it seems like allot of traffic flows in from there. Are there any other small towns close by that is a good community. Or even the parts of Little Rock that is good and what parts to stay away from.

Thanks in advance and we do appreciate any help given.

try the cabot area, you are going to have traffic no matter where you live

Try East End. It's a town of about 5500 just south of Little Rock. The morning traffic is alot better on this side of town. you can get from here to McCain mall in 25 to 30 minutes during the morning rush. We have been here about 12 years and love it.

If I can help in any way PM me.

Harold

Maumelle;)

Maumelle is a good idea but so is Benton and Bryant. Good schools and nice,small city, close to Little Rock. I grew up in Little Rock but knoe live in benton and wouldn't move back.

Thanks for the help guys. One thing I failed to mention was he will need some sort of rental property. Be it house or apartment. I am sure apartments will be cheaper, but again it is an apartment and you have allot of unknowns with the people who live there.

So I guess now I ask the question does anyone know of some good rental property in any of these places.

Please keep all suggestions coming.

again east end is a great place we have some new duplexes in the area for rent 500. mo. for 2 and 3 bedroom my son rented one for a while until he bought a house it was very nice place.

I'm currently living in a rental property approximately 1 mile from UAMS. Excellent location without any troubles from the bad crowd. I will be leaving at the end of this month if you'd like the info. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, $700/mo

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again east end is a great place we have some new duplexes in the area for rent 500. mo. for 2 and 3 bedroom my son rented one for a while until he bought a house it was very nice place.

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I'm currently living in a rental property approximately 1 mile from UAMS. Excellent location without any troubles from the bad crowd. I will be leaving at the end of this month if you'd like the info. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, $700/mo

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Laz51 and ceb could you please pm me some names and info on the locations you are talking about.

I am a transplant to Little Rock my self. I love it here. It dosen't take much more than 2 minuets to get from one side of town to the other. You didn't say where the job would be, but it dosn't much matter.

Try Mike Zanoff at [email protected]. Tell Him Don Hines sent you. He is a realtor on the north side with lots of resources.

DP

Stay away from the State Fairgrounds! That's one of the worst parts of Little Rock. The west side of Little Rock....say west of I430 is pretty nice. North of I40 I THINK is pretty good.

So basically from S of 630 to E of 430 to N of 30 is not the place to be. There's kind of a circled area there on those.

Now i just need some input on apartment/duplex names. I have looked up some under the yellowpages, but can't seem to find a website for most. Really hard to get an idea and don't really want to waste our time looking for something that is run down or doesn't have very good management. This is a one day trip and our time will be limited. We will have a time frame of about 11 am to 7 pm to look around. It will be about a 3 hr drive for us.

Guys you have been really great with the help and any more info is greatly appreciated. It is really hard to fine something in an area you are not fimiliar with at all. I have only pasted thru Little Rock on I-40 and that is it.

Plus once we get him settled in do you guys mind if an neighboring Okie comes over and takes a few of your crappie some time.

I was a transplant from Tucson Arizona 25 years ago. Trust me, Little Rock isn't that bad.

Benton is a great place to live, just 25 miles straight down I-30. I grew up there and when I was in the job market, I worked in Little Rock.

Benton, Cabot and Conway are the top three surrounding towns, last I heard. The Benton traffic pattern is gonna be better than either Conway's or Cabot's.

The west side of town is a good bet, as well. I really liked living in Plantation Acres when I was in that area. It's rural but not more than 15 minutes from downtown.

I'd suggest you come on down and spend a few days going about the city before you let others decide for you. Little Rock is a great place to work. But I prefer to live out of the city and away from the crime scene.

aj

For my 2 cents worth, Maumelle should fit what you're looking for. Very low crime rate, lots closer to Little Rock than Cabot or Benton or Conway. While I don't have the names of the apartments handy there are several complexes in the vicinity that are relatively new. One that comes to mind that, while technically not in Maumelle, is located near the Wal-Mart Supercenter on Maumelle Boulevard in North Little Rock. It is just before you reach the Maumelle City limits if you come in from I-430. It's one of those that has it's own golf course if that is of any interest. There is also one relatively new complex in Maumelle that sits next to Lake Willastein that looks pretty good. There are several others in Maumelle too that might be of interest. Hope this, in addition to the other suggestions that have been posted, help you find what you are looking for. Good luck.

Rose City

More information would be nice. Where will he work?

Maumelle is a bedroom community north of Little Rock proper, but with only 1 bridge to cross to get back and forth. Traffic can be heavy, but the area is a snug little area.

This is the same route one would take to get to Conway. Mayflower is a small community between Maumelle and Conway, on I-40. Its on the south side of Lake Conway.

Scott is a nice little town on the east side of North Little Rock, with great access to several areas on the Arkansas river, and also a nice little lake called Willow Beach Lake.

Southwest Little Rock, while blessed with lots of fine blue collar folks, is also unfortunately riddled with pockets of crime and drugs.

The medical center area, near the UAMS campus is quite nice and central to everything. I live a bit more west, but not on the west side of I-430.

Hey You would be very happy with Searcy. Schools are number 3 in the state. Crime stats are among the lowest in the state and the community is very very based in christianity.

Well we made the trip down to Little Rock today and what a long day it was. Found out after getting there that the job hasn't even came open yet, but will be opening very shortly. Things seemed to go alright with the son and he said they will hire by the end of June or first of July.

Made the trips to most of the suggested places and as it stands right now Maumelle has it hands down. They offer allot of new apartments in the area and it seems as if it is a growing community. Both of us liked it very well, but of course I won't be the one living there when and if it happens. Now I guess it's just a waiting game to see what comes about.

I would like to thank everyone for their input and the help. If there is ever anything I can do for you over here in Oklahoma let me know.

Oh yeah the job is in North Little Rock.

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I would like to thank everyone for their input and the help. If there is ever anything I can do for you over here in Oklahoma let me know.

Oh yeah the job is in North Little Rock.

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I know of something you can do for several of us over in Oklahoma.. Look up Grubby and slap him around a little for us!!! :) :eek:

Well after many months of waiting on the job, it is final now. My son will be starting to work for the City of North Little Rock on August 10th.

He has chosen to live in Maumelle in a set of apartments for now till he gets settled in and a little more comfortable with the new job.

Again I Thank all of you for the great input on places to live.

Now if someone would just be so kind to take him fishing sometime, that would be the best. I am sure I will be dragging the boat down that way to do a little crappie invading of your state once I read up on some of your boating rules to make sure I don't get into trouble for doing something wrong. You guys wouldn't get to mad at an ole Okie taking a few of your fish from you would you.

To the state of Arkansas keep up your kindness and take care.