Why isn't the lake more packed? And do we even want it to be?

Was digging around and found an old r/Arkansas thread from 2019 where a visitor asked why Greers Ferry isn't as busy as Hamilton, DeGray or Norfork. The answers were high water that year, not many restaurants, no nightlife, rural, dry county so you need a private club membership, and a few people saying the quiet is the whole point.

Seven years on, I'm wondering which of those still hold. The high water was just that year. The rest still sounds about right to me. Out by Devils Fork on a Sunday with the dog I can still park without circling, and I'll admit I like that. But I also wish there was one decent place to eat on that side of the lake that stays open past 8.

The property tax side of me also wonders if a few more visitors would help the tax base or just push assessments up on the rest of us. Honestly not sure.

Where do you land? More people, or leave it alone?

Take care

honestly id take a few more people if it ment jobs that arent just seasonal. its marina and summer work then nothing by october. a place open past 8 would hire some high schoolers at least 🤷

assesments thing is a fair worry tho

Sorry, only just seeing this. The seasonal thing is the part that gets me. Memorial Day weekend just went by and the marinas were slammed, then in a few months it's dead again. The Little Red trout crowd is the one year-round piece, but a lot of that money goes to lodges and guides, not to a high schooler looking for a part-time job.

On assessments, I think homesteads can only go up 5% a year under Amendment 79, if I'm remembering right. So it's probably the millage votes I'd watch more than new visitors. I'll look it up and report back.

Take care

yeah the trout money stays with the lodges and guides, kids dont see much of it. millage is the one to watch, school board talks it every year and hardly anybody shows up to the meetings 🤷

id just like one place thats open year round and hiring in january. thats all