re: Which interstate accessible Mississippi city is the most depressing

Growing up, we'd always leave in the middle of the night on road trips to south jersey to see my dad's family. I had just got my learners permit and was driving the family nissan quest through Laurel when I needed gas. I got off at a northbound I-59 exit where there was some sort of chemical plant to the right. I didn't see any gas stations that way so I went left and ended up in the projects. People outside their apartments were staring hard at the minivan full of white people moseying around the hood at 3 am. I think of this every time I hear Laurel.

Laurel, and it's not close.

Grenada

Picayune is worst place in America

Best pork sausage in the world in this small town at Wilson's meat market

Are you kidding? Jackson makes Laurel and Meridian look like Beverly Hills.

Yeah there's a little gas station just outside of laurel with a BBQ joint inside called hog heaven bbq that is just got damn the best barbecue I've ever had in my life.

OP question: Most depressing? Another way to ask this is:
Other than maybe the Mississippi Gulf Coast, is there any internet accessible Mississippi city (town, county, hamlet) that is not depressing?

I'm going to go with Vicksburg. I lived there and got depressed so I moved to Starkville still got depressed then moved to baton rouge and I'm better.

Laurel. Drove through there twice in the last week. Such a miserable place