orange sitecel buys 76 properties in pine bluff, arkansas because they were cheap: shocked at crime, life degrades

meet pontifier (hackernews, twitter)

My method sure hasn't worked very well... or has it? I was looking for cheap warehouse space to start a business in, and did a nation-wide search for the largest, cheapest building in the entire continental US.

I found one that seemed too good to be true. a 220,000 sqft metal warehouse and office complex on 17 acres. I thought the price was a typo at $375k.The agent assured me that the price was correct, and I flew out to see the place.

It was in a little town called Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

I offered about 3/4 what they were asking, and they accepted the offer.

Fast forward 2 1/2 years, and I've had nothing but problems. Break in after break in. Can't work through the red tape with the city so my warehouse sits empty. It feels like they are actively working against myself and other entrepreneurs I talk to. At least 2 others who bought buildings and tried to open businesses left after getting nowhere.

Maybe I'm daft, but I ended up buying about 75 more properties here... all surprisingly cheap.

The town is killing me though. I haven't seen my kids very much lately - I don't think it's safe enough for them. I'm probably going to be moving back to Utah in the next couple of months because it's just too much out here.

holds robber at gunpoint, twitter account is full of videos of getting robbed

starts an actual vigilante justice bounty website

devotes most of the rest of his time to pooping on pine bluff

tldr: @911roofer origin story

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This is best effort post I’ve seen in awhile.

Pine bluff is legit one of the worst places to live in the south. South Arkansas fricking blows.

North Arkansas is as underrated as they come

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Am I right that south AK, north Louisiana and all of Mississippi is pretty much the worst of the worst rural America? The rest of the south and Oklahoma seem to have plenty of redeeming qualities, any time I've passed through that little slice of the country it's just seemed like heck on earth.

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In my experience, yes. The Mississippi delta regions of northeast Louisiana, nw Mississippi and south Arkansas absolutely blow.

Just farmers and lots of poor blacks.

Some of the oxbow lakes, like lake Bruin are a good Time but the actual towns themselves are depressing

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