re: Southern state smackdown: Mississippi vs Kentucky

kentucky isn't the South IYAM.

Because our beaches are located in the sound. Pascagoula, Pearl, Dog River and the current. The water is clean, just brown from deposits.

The only part of Mississippi that I like is the Gulf Coast where I live


Mississippi beats Ky in 2 things

1 Food
2 Blues

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Mississippi women are hotter by a country mile.

I'll give Kentucky everything else. Both are states that are struggling to survive in the 21st century.

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Kentucky has what is essentially its golden triangle - Louisville, Lexington, the northern KY Cincinnati suburbs, and all the horse farms and bourbon distilleries in that area. That particular area of the state is doing quite well and is pretty damn nice, and it holds something like 65% of the state's population and by far the lion's share of economic production. Quality of life is quite high in that area, and I actually think that region is pretty well poised to make a big economic leap here soon and could become a regional economic powerhouse in the vein of a Nashville or a Charlotte or a Portland (and what Louisville actually used to be about 100 or 150 years ago). I don't think Mississippi has anything remotely comparable in economic scope or wealth to that part of Kentucky. I've lived all over the U.S., and I'd take that region of KY over a whole hell of a lot of other places to live; I'd rather live there than, say, pretty much anywhere in Illinois outside the Chicago area (and even a good chunk of Chicago area) or anywhere in Wisconsin outside of Madison or anywhere at all in Indiana (excepting maybe Bloomington which is a great little college town). The rural central and western parts of the state aren't great or bad and aren't really different than most of rural America...

However, the eastern part of Kentucky has got to be among the most grinding poverty I've seen anywhere in a developed country. The only comparable spots in the U.S. I've seen were the Mississippi Delta and some of the native reservations out West. The place has been emptying out for generations, so there aren't a whole lot of people that live there any longer, but it's awfully depressing. You take out that quarter or third of the state, and Kentucky would probably be about dead smack middle of all 50 states in all the important health indicators (median income, education, life expectancy, etc., etc.).

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Which state is better
Mississippi
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why?
Because it is not as motherfricking cold

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Kentucky actually ain't that bad as far as cold goes. It's similar to VA or NC in that vein. Northern Mississippi actually probably isn't all that different from most of Kentucky weatherwise.

It's still far enough south to where it gets mostly Gulf weather patterns with the occasional snow storm.

The Artic/Canadian weather pattern dominance starts around Columbus, Indiana if you're driving north on I-65. The vegetation notably changes right around there, and snows are much more frequent north of that latitude. Indianapolis and especially Chicago get a hell of a lot more cold and snow than does most of Kentucky.

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Mississippi is not gonna win against anybody.

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I come on...the food isn't terrible, some of be river cities are historically interesting and the gulf coast isn't bad.

You are telling me you'd rather live in Kansas or Nebraska?

Those states are the definition of nothing.

Mid-Eastern Kansas directly west of KC wasn't that bad (Overland Park/Olathe area). I never went west though, but I liked it a lot more than Missouri. That was the worst place I've been so far.

EDIT - Winter sucked though. Car got snowed in in 2013, had to walk to CVS to get food/beer for a bit. Also snow storm blew my door open one morning and my cat got out. Good thing he's a snow kitty.

Kentucky lake has great bass fishing.

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