Texarkana's not THAT small...


The entire movie made Texarkana seem like a small Texas town, and while it's not big, it is at least 60,000 in the city. The combined metro area is much larger. It also has a major intersection of i30 and i49.

Although Gary Cole does a good job as a small town sheriff.

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I know right? I remember going to eat sushi before prom in Texarkana and then stopping at a Starbucks. Its no where as rural as they portray it.

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true, but it's just easier to label and picture non-big cities in Texas as 'small Texas towns'. no one's very interested in a small-ish city that's been overrun by restaurants and banks in the past decade. I'm T-town born and raised and i approve of this movie.

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Texarkana defiantly has an international ambiance to it, like NYC, Barcelona, Oslo or Bangkok. I love the architecture, the museums, restaurants just wish I had the possibility to see the Opera house or see the top tier universities there.

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Like Bangkok??? Please, don't compare Texarkana to that one horse town. Texarkana literally is a multi-horse town.

(I know it was a joke, but for a lark I googled "Texarkana opera" and found the theater there hosts an opera troupe. The more you know...)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUglXNXfSk4

Texarkana rocks! Great town.

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It's a real beehive of activity, garcia-matthewr. Listen, the mud soup and charcoal arugula, are outrageous here.

Can't, I'm afraid. Matinee of Le Miz. Christ, I'll call you.

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After work drinks on Fridays are just amazing in Texarkana. It might compare to London or Stockholm in the summer. Its just boiling, its hip, its cool & its world class.
People fly into Texarkana Regional from Saint Tropes, Reykjavik, Mexico City and Dubai to party there. Its a happening place, like Vegas or Monte Carlo.

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Boy I gullible. Love the sarcasm

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Texarkana is on my bucket list.

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God bless you all. Every time I look at this thread I laugh so hard.

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Do you live on the Texas or Arkansas side and in your opinion is there any difference between the two?

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I lived in Texas and new people from Texarkana.

And while not intimately familiar with the city, I can safely say, Texas side is better.

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Sweet, I love Texas. Amazing people & great BBQ. Surprisingly few cowboys.

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Jersey girl here. Texas is amazing. I had the pleasure of visiting many times over the course of 4 years. The company I worked for was founded in a town north of Austin and we had our annual conference in different Texas cities every year. Austin is deff one of my favs! When people say it’s a different world from the North East, it’s not easy to imagine until you experience it.

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