Tell me about Natchez. Is it a safe place to live?

I’m a white liberal in California and thinking of moving there. Bookmarked

Natchez is a cool place. It was cooler before all the hipsters descended and tried to turn it into a mini New Orleans, but the cops don’t play there so they haven’t managed to enable all the crime.

Switching gears a bit, for those who live in or frequently visit these places, which town is worse off: Natchez or Vicksburg? I always enjoy visiting both, but man, those places are on hard times.

Jim Bowie is dead, so you're probably safe.

Good deer hunting in the area.

FIL used to hunt in Franklin County, probably 20 minutes out of Natchez, and get some good deer.

I mean, I’d live there long before New Orleans but Natchez is pretty junky.

It's a pretty cool place. I grew up there. I'll be moving back in a few years when my child graduates high school.

At least Vicksburg has an interstate, a big Corps of Engineers office, and is only a 45 minute drive to Jackson.

When it comes to the historical stuff, both Natchez and Vicksburg are cool and it's probably a tie on that point.

Both have so much potential, but I see little signs of life in recent visits. One problem both cities faced was that neither were a capital city or had a university. Compared to a town like Hammond that has SLU, it makes a big difference.