re: Shreveport, Lafayette, Birmingham, Jackson (Madison)

Madison worries/annoys me for two reasons

-the whole keeping up with the joneses thing (which may or may not exist in any neighborhood that I would want to live in, certainly existed where I grew up)
-its proximity to Jackson and the worry of their residents taking it over one day

however,

Mississippi is cheap as frick, the houses in Madison are cheap as frick compared to comparable neighborhoods around the country that I've seen, I could boat whenever the frick I want to, it will never be invaded by yankees, and there is lots of rural land so in 20 years when I want to move to the sticks it will be perfect.

it is in a central location to many colleges (I guess I will have to get over not being able to see much baseball in person)

I'm gonna have to plan a trip to Madison soon.

from what I gathered in the Louisiana thread in the lounge, Louisiana residents completely despise their state, but it seems like everybody from or not from Mississippi likes Madison