We show that if 0 < t < s ≤ n − 1, Ω ⊆ R n with lower s-content regular complement, and z ∈ Ω, there is a chord-arc domainThis was originally shown by Koskela, Nandi, and Nicolau with John domains in place of chord-arc domains when n = 2, s = 1, and Ω is a simply connected planar domain.Domains satisfying the conclusion of this result support (p, β)-Hardy inequalities for β < p − n + t by a result of Koskela and Lehrbäck; Lehrbäck also showed that s-content regularity of the complement for some s > n − p + β was necessary. Thus, the combination of these results characterizes when a domain supports a pointwise (p, β)-Hardy inequality for β < p − 1 in terms of lower content regularity.