You guys have clearly never been to Northwest Arkansas, where the actual University of Arkansas is located.
Some of its facts:
-The Northwest Arkansas Metroplex (NWA) is ranked as the 8th best region to live in entire United States, due to low unemployment and crime, and high quality schools.
-Fayetteville was ranked by USA Today as the 7th best college town in America, one spot ahead of Oxford, MS.
The bad stuff you hear about Arkansas is either 150-year-old stereotypes or the Delta in South Arkansas. It is not a coincidence that the closer to get to Mississippi, the more things suck.