Here in the Arkansas Ozarks, a billionaire is never very far away. It is remarkable for one corner in an otherwise rural state to have not one, but rather a multitude of homegrown billionaires — courtesy of the Waltons of Walmart fame, the Hunts of J.B. Hunt Transport and the Tysons of their namesake poultry and protein empire. But perhaps more remarkable is what the region doesn’t have — if you believe the local line: Envy and jealousy. If a big, new electric vehicle manufacturer decides to locate its research and development facility in Bentonville, bringing 500 high-paying jobs to the city, leaders in Fayetteville, Rogers, Springdale or any of the other neighboring towns don’t lament and seethe about how their community lost out to a neighbor and a rival. Instead, they celebrate.
Source: LJWorld
