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re: Poorest Region in the Deep South – Mississippi Delta
Posted on 3/19/24 at 11:48 am to Saunson69
Posted on 3/19/24 at 11:48 am to Saunson69
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Why is it called the Mississippi Delta when it is not the Mississippi Delta.
It is not the Mississippi River delta. It is the delta area in Mississippi from other rivers. It is an alluvial floodplain for the Mississippi River.
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Posted on 3/19/24 at 11:52 am to 610man
Only been hunting in the Delta, but it was awesome. Huge deer and when they got ducks, they got freaking ducks man!
Gotta be careful of those two legged deer walking around Cleveland, they could get you in trouble.
Gotta be careful of those two legged deer walking around Cleveland, they could get you in trouble.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 11:57 am to LSUballs
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The Delta is pretty awesome if you're white.
How so?
Posted on 3/19/24 at 12:01 pm to Loup
Lake providence is the poorest
Posted on 3/19/24 at 12:26 pm to SidewalkTiger
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The casino industry both along the Coast and along the river also employ a lot of people, collectively.
I was in Biloxi over the weekend and It was a good time. Sure the water isn't blue, but the beaches and piers are nice and it seemed pretty clean overall. The traffic was for sure terrible though.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 12:30 pm to Loup
It's really sad. I grew up going there.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 12:32 pm to Loup
I bet there's a jar of pickles in kool-aid on the counter of that store.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 12:35 pm to Loup
There are very jobs in the delta and will never be many. There should have been a mass humanitarian excavation of the delta 50 years ago, this families would be 10x better off in the long term.
Too many un/under employees folks stay in the delta and reproduce, all the while college educated, motivated young folks leave the state. The trend will continue leading to MS being the first majority black state likely within the next quarter to half century.
Too many un/under employees folks stay in the delta and reproduce, all the while college educated, motivated young folks leave the state. The trend will continue leading to MS being the first majority black state likely within the next quarter to half century.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 12:45 pm to Loup
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Poorest Region in the Deep South – Mississippi Delta
It’s not
It looks bad and has the most wealth inequality but there is a lot of money there
Way more that a bunch of hilly - piney wood meth havens all over the south
Posted on 3/19/24 at 12:48 pm to WillFerrellisking
OK that makes sense.
Some of my family members want to retire on the Arkansas side.
Some of my family members want to retire on the Arkansas side.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 12:50 pm to Saunson69
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Not any industry
Not much but there is some automotive industry with
Nissan, Toyota, PACCAR, Cooper, Continental, Yokohama
Posted on 3/19/24 at 1:06 pm to greenbean
I currently live in the MS Delta. I love and hate it sometimes. The good outweighs the bad, as of now. I don’t know how much longer that will be though.
The lower income individuals (white and black), are a constant drain on the area. They will never leave since the government keeps them here with all of the money they give them just to barely squeak by in life.
The lower income individuals (white and black), are a constant drain on the area. They will never leave since the government keeps them here with all of the money they give them just to barely squeak by in life.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 1:10 pm to StringedInstruments
Red voters living off of my tax money/government handouts.
It's about time they pulled themselves up by their bootstraps!
It's about time they pulled themselves up by their bootstraps!
Posted on 3/19/24 at 1:33 pm to Outdoorreb
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The good outweighs the bad, as of now. I don’t know how much longer that will be though
I really enjoyed it there but I had a great hunting situation a like my job at the time. My wife hated it with a passion.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 1:45 pm to Outdoorreb
Where are all the M State posters? Come and defend. Seems deltaland and a few others live in the delta.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 1:50 pm to Outdoorreb
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I currently live in the MS Delta. I love and hate it sometimes. The good outweighs the bad, as of now. I don’t know how much longer that will be though.
The lower income individuals (white and black), are a constant drain on the area. They will never leave since the government keeps them here with all of the money they give them just to barely squeak by in life.
All this.
It’s definitely a love/hate thing, and if I weren’t in farming, didn’t have access to great hunting, etc. I’d be getting out, but hell I’ve got no idea where I’d go and find happiness. I make a good living most years, my wife is a hill person and she’s still happy here, and my kid will grow up in a good environment (eta: Private school, country club, church, etc. Not the actual town). I can’t ask for much more.
The biggest problem is there’s a select few that aren’t farming or ag-adjacent that have a reason to stay here. There’s just not enough industry here to support a true middle class that’s big enough to outweigh and overcome the welfare class.
This post was edited on 3/19/24 at 1:52 pm
Posted on 3/19/24 at 1:52 pm to Loup
LBJ's Great Society Program and the war on poverty was supposed to correct this situation.
After the War Between the States many of the former slaves in the Delta moved to Chicago.
There is some beautiful land in Mississippi on the Natchez Trace between Port Gibson and Jackson, full of deer and wild turkeys.
After the War Between the States many of the former slaves in the Delta moved to Chicago.
There is some beautiful land in Mississippi on the Natchez Trace between Port Gibson and Jackson, full of deer and wild turkeys.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 1:55 pm to braves21
I've traveled to Greenwood several times for business. Cool downtown and the Alluvian/Giardina's is awesome but I don't see how the boutique stores along the main strip stay open. The downtown was dead except for some really nice clothing and antique stores.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 2:12 pm to Nomadic Bengal
Most voters living in the Delta vote blue.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 2:13 pm to dchog
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Most voters living in the Delta vote blue.
They do in the village as well.
You would think after 60 years of this they might would have figured it out. Whatever they support keeps them in poverty
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