I live just north of Nashville (20 miles NW of Hope) and work in Hope. I can echo most of what has been posted: temps get high and humidity stays thick. Our area of the state is pretty spread out and rural so land is frequently cheap. Hope has high speed cable and fiber is laid and about to come online very, very soon. I also am part of the Starlink beta program (my farm is pretty rural. Like not edge of the earth, but it's visble) and got the notice, paid my down payment and am waiting on my kit supposedly pretty soon. Everything I've read says it is everything it claims and getting better. Nashville, Hope, Texarkana, Ashdown and the surrounding areas are heavy manufacturing towns. Tyson, Pilgrims, CertainTeed, Hexion, Domtar, Husqvarna, Jan-Eze, Mission Plastics, New Millenium, Klipsch, etc. Very firearm/suppressor friendly. Hope has a police shooting range that I "think" is open to the public. I'll check. Nashville has a 4H range that is a hidden secret with a $50 annual membership and we have have steel out to 700, pistol range, rifle range, trap range. All covered etc. Texarkana Gun Club is pretty active with a ton of matches every month across a pretty wide range of styles. If you like a slow pace of life, it's pretty good country living here but you got to drive if you want to do "stuff".
I'm in Hope 4 on 4 off so if you find some property or just need some eyes on something, give me a shout. I'll help as much as I can. Questions, whatever. I subscribed to this post so I'll keep a watch here on it. Since life is slow on shift work, I'm on ARFcom a lot. Ton of good guys on the AR board, we're just not real big talkers/posters. Just holler and we'll get you fixed up!