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Arkansas

Silver Gaia

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Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Apr 3, 2021, 07:22 AM

Apr 2021

I grew up in this town, and remember all of this. I was a child, but I remember the adults in my family saying that when the state voted to outlaw gambling, our city died. The effect is visible still. The local economy was devastated, and my own family left because of it. I was 12 when we left. I will have to send this article to my brother. He and I are all that's left of the family.

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How politics and religion handicapped Hot Springs in the race to become America's chief gambling [View all] TexasTowelie Apr 2021 OP

Thank you for this post! Silver Gaia Apr 2021 #1

You're welcome and once again I'm shocked that I posted an OP TexasTowelie Apr 2021 #2

Small world... Silver Gaia Apr 2021 #3