What do you do?

This is the first question most people ask you when they find out you are a local Eurekan. Since this is a tourism-based community, most people start their own business to survive here. Also, it is a huge artist haven. So people seem really interested on how you make your living.

It's quite refreshing to tell someone you are an artist and they are actually impressed and respect you. In other parts of this country, artists are looked down upon and considered to be "slackers" with no real job. The mentality toward artists in Eureka Springs is more typical of Europe than the United States. Another plus for Eureka!