re: Bay St. Louis is a better place to live than anywhere in Louisiana

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Very sleepy little town, lots of retirees
Demographics similar to Mandeville
Beach
Fishing
Quality food
Republican governor
Can be to Nola in 60 minutes
BR less than two hours
I see no reason to contribute to Turtle face’s salary

ETA: Didn’t see a single mask this past weekend

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you could have just said I don't like our governor and masks...

Look on the rivers and look on lakeview drive and treasure isle. Not much beach in the later but there are homes there with some beach.

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Did the beach used to be nicer and less muddy? Because it seems like it was a huge beach draw decades ago both from (limited) personal recall as a small child and looking at the old resorts and buildings.

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Actually, no.


The beach itself is man-made-- this is what it looked like before it was pumped in during the late 1940s/early 1950s, when the shoreline was protected by a seawall:


I was born in Biloxi in 1964, moved away but spent summers there with my grandparents every year. I can tell you that the beach itself is actually better today-- people in the '60s and '70s were terrible litterers, and you had trash and cigarette butts all over the beach, but even worse lots of broken glass, pop tops, rusted cans etc. on the beach. It was even in the sand under the water where you couldn't see it. People (including me) were always getting their feet cut.

And the water was about the same color and muddiness as it is now, and was actually dirtier because of stormwater run-off. In the old days, the sewer system was NOT as adequate as it is today, and there was a lot of "co-mingling" of sewer and stormwater runoff. And back then you had a LOT more of those drainage pipes going out through the beach directly to the Sound, as you can see in this postcard picture:


That is, of course, a post card, with re-touched colors. Although the water clarity and color changes with the seasons and with weather, it's never THAT pretty.


The Mississippi Gulf Coast beaches used to be more of an attraction with more resorts and hotels because of ACCESS. Back in the old days before the interstates, you had Highway 90 RIGHT ON THE BEACH. Before that and before cars were a thing, you had a railroad line running parallel not far from beach - the more beautiful Emerald Coast coast of Florida did not have that kind of access.

Moved to the MS coast from BR 4 years ago, east side MS. Best choice I could have made, absolutely love living here. Half my neighbors are from Louisiana. We live a block off the beach(yeah its no Destin) but great place to go for a daily bike ride, run or kayak and watch the sun rise or set over the gulf. Fishing can be very good after learning the area. We spend summer weekends at the Islands Horn & Petti Bois.

Not during hurricane season

Holly beach, bitch

Well shite. You’re on one of four streets. Guess we will cross paths one day if we haven’t many times already lol.

Well I never have to evacuate, so there's that....

Bay Sweets goat spot for smoking cigs after class at St. Stanislaus

OP should've posted some pictures so those not from the area could understand what he's referring to.