Within Arkansas, more than 100% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Hot Springs. Separately, it is always interesting and important to compare a city's crime rate with those of similarly sized communities - a fair comparison as larger cities tend to have more crime.
Well, I live out in the country, but can tell you of my experiences in growing banana plants in Oklahoma. I grow fifteen varieties of bananas and have yet to get bananas to eat.f you find a banana that gives you edible fruit in OK, I would love to hear about it. I bought a Musa 'Ice Cream' plant this year and may possibly try to winter it over in the greenhouse next to a heater, because I've heard the bananas are so tasty.
Banana production in the United States - History. 1  The first commercial banana farm in the United States was established in Florida, near Silver Lake, in 1876. A number of independent banana farms and cultivars have been located in a number of areas, reaching as far north as the southern Midwest and Ohio river, where wild banana trees can be found along the banks of the Ohio at far southern Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri, just north of Kentucky.