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No. 8 Cheapest Place to Live: Fort Smith, Ark., area
Monthly rent for 2-br apartment: $456
Monthly house payment: $926
Gallon gas: $2.697
Hamburger: $3.13
Half-gallon milk: $1.97
The Fort Smith area, on the banks of the Arkansas River, is the state's third-largest metropolitan statistical area, after the Little Rock and Fayetteville MSAs. The top occupational areas, by number of jobs, are management-and-professional, production, transportation, and sales-and-office, according to the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce. Leading employers include poultry producer O.K. Industries, Whirlpool (WHR), and Baldor Electric.
Monthly house payment: $926
Gallon gas: $2.697
Hamburger: $3.13
Half-gallon milk: $1.97
The Fort Smith area, on the banks of the Arkansas River, is the state's third-largest metropolitan statistical area, after the Little Rock and Fayetteville MSAs. The top occupational areas, by number of jobs, are management-and-professional, production, transportation, and sales-and-office, according to the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce. Leading employers include poultry producer O.K. Industries, Whirlpool (WHR), and Baldor Electric.
