Hey, TNbanjoman, I'm wondering if you are seeing a changing demographic in your area. I live in the Branson MO area and have noticed a HUGE influx of black folks into this area. For years the Hispanics have been moving here for job opportunities, with all sorts of buildings going up, the indigenous population was too sparse to fill in all the gaps. Now, the Hispanics are moving out and the blacks are moving in. There is nothing in this area for them to glom onto, though. The country music shows are basically run and manned by whites, so the blacks don't have an "in" there. The fast food restaurants have a lot of Asians behind the counters now, thus the blacks don't really work in that industry, either. So I guess they move here for the ability to live off a higher level of welfare. I wonder if that is the same in your area? Twenty years ago you could go all day without seeing one black person, now, for whatever reason, where ever you turn, there is a family or group wandering around Walmart or on a sidewalk. Weird.