Originally Posted by
chephy
That's probably true. But do people like you need more Arkansas? That, to me, would be a far more important question if I were you. 
I know you're from Canada. I think that's the closest place to Arkansas that wouldn't raise an issue about backpacks, in at least some of the stores.
IOW, this is more an issue of the country that Artkansas lives in, not the individual state or town. Looking back at this thread should convince you of that fact.