No matter where you go, Arkansas is going to follow you. That might sound creepy, or even untrue, but it’s very real. Being raised in Arkansas sort of gets down in your blood and leaves you with habits you’d have to work hard to change. As for why you’d want to change them, I don’t know. They all seem normal to me.

1. Walmart trips.
Flickr/Clean Walmart
Arkansas is the home of Walmart and they’ve got everything. So why do people give us directions to Kroger? Yuck.
2. The dirt road wave.
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It’s just a matter of courtesy, really. It would be rude not to wave.
3. Making food for people who’ve had a major life event.
Flickr/Justin Baeder
When faced with a birth, a death, or a wedding, Arkansans cook. We cook, we bring food, and we hope we’re bringing comfort too.
4. Being drawn to the wild.
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Most Arkansans grew up outdoors, and nature is a hard habit to break.
5. Defending our favorite state park when others think somewhere else might be prettier.
Flickr/Jimmy Emerson DVM
We’re so loyal to our favorite spots that we do this to each other about state parks 50 miles away.
6. Assuming "tea" means sweet iced tea.
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I mean, what else could you possible mean when you order tea?
7. Wishing Arkansas weather would be more reasonable.
Flickr/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Southeast
We do have all seasons here. Not, every year, maybe, and sometimes they happen all in one week, but still...
8. Prepping for winter storms like the apocalypse is approaching.
Flickr/Stephen Yeargin
We’re just not accustomed to ice and snow, okay? So it kind of is a mini-apocalypse.
9. Advising people to move anywhere but the Natural State.
Flickr/Taber Andrew Bain
We love it here, we do, but we prefer our favorite places remain... un-crowded.
10. Unapologetically saying ain’t as much as we want.
Flickr/takomabibelot
You can take your "ain’t ain’t a word" nonsense and go on down the road.
11. Using idioms that confuse people who ain’t from around here.
Flickr/armyman
"Bless his heart, he’d argue with a sign he painted himself and dumber’n a box of rocks to boot. His mama had to tie a pork chop around his neck to get the dog to play with him."
12. Criticizing anything about Arkansas (especially the Razorbacks) while offering a clobberin’ to anyone else who does.
Flickr/Amanda Leamons
It’s an interesting way to run things, but our state and our team are like our family. We can make fun of them, but you best not.

For weird things only Arkansans do, click here. You might also want to see this list of things every Arkansan has done at least once.

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