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re: What's the worst state out of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama?

Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:39 pm to
Posted by ronricks
Member since Mar 2021
12623 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:39 pm to
Post the demographics for each and I will tell you.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
16765 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:40 pm to
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International airport

Birmingham Int'l and Mobile Int'l do not currently serve a single international destination, not even Mexico.

Mississippi is shite, but has the advantage over Louisiana. Even with horrible demographics, Mississippi has shown it can actually improve. Louisiana has shown it can't, and won't.
Posted by tigergal918
Member since Feb 2022
501 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:42 pm to
My daughter is going to school in Alabama and I have to admit, we've found some great towns there while traveling with her softball team. The food, however, is definetely better in LA.
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
61752 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:43 pm to
La
Posted by cbree88
South Louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
10678 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:44 pm to
Which Mississippi Gulf Coast town do you live in? I love Gulf Coast Mississippi.

The rest of the state away from the coast seems pretty lackluster though.
Posted by FliesByNight
Whale, wail, well
Member since Apr 2026
208 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:45 pm to
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Jackson is arguably the biggest shithole in all three states


The difference between Jackson and Baton Rouge is LSU.
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
104680 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:46 pm to
BR Water Co didn’t require a state takeover to perform basic fricking service either.
Posted by Archives
Member since Mar 2026
516 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:46 pm to
It's so of asinine to compare entire states to other states when every state in the Union has its highlights and its lowlights.
And even that is very subjective.
For example, people might like New York for the City. Some people love New York for the Adirondack mountains.
For Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana there is no doubt that each state has its fair share of crapholes. And its share of nice areas.
Coastal Mississippi is quite nice, whereas tbe Delta is full of run down small towns.
Posted by HogPharmer
Member since Jun 2022
3905 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:48 pm to
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Arkansas


Do you even NWA baw?
Posted by Hback
Member since Aug 2017
13728 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:48 pm to
I've been through Ocean Springs a couple of times, a really nice town.
Posted by wallowinit
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2006
17929 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:50 pm to
Minnesota
Posted by REB BEER
Laffy Yet
Member since Dec 2010
18207 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:54 pm to
I kinda like all 3 of them, but I'm trashy like that.

I like the outdoors hunting and fishing, and all 3 have plenty of each.
Posted by Harvey Vortac
MidCity
Member since Aug 2024
420 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:56 pm to
This is an interesting question.
I’ll say Louisiana but I’m biased.

Growing up I was always told that prior to WW2 the gulf coast from New Orleans to Mobile (maybe even Pensacola) was remarkably a cultural monolith, Largely Catholic and French/spanish in heritage. Then as my father in law would say the Baptists left the woods to work in the shipyards and everything changed.
Posted by REB BEER
Laffy Yet
Member since Dec 2010
18207 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:59 pm to
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Then as my father in law would say the Baptists left the woods to work in the shipyards and everything changed


I don't think the Baptists were the downfall of these states. It was likely something else, just can't seem to put my finger on it.
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
61063 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 1:01 pm to
It’s Mississippi. I actually really like Mississippi and would live there over a great number of states, but it’s definitely worse than Louisiana and Alabama.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
73090 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 1:01 pm to
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I grew up in Louisiana and live on the MS gulf coast now. Louisiana is worse in just about every way.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
74516 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 1:06 pm to
I want to shite on Alabama but they likely win of the three. More higher education. More industry. Space program hq, large manufacturing complexes. High quality beaches east of bay. Horrible accents though.
I like Mississippi it has charm to it. I enjoy primitive camping in the forests there. The beaches are nice if you don't go in the water. The water looks like Mississippi River water.
But Louisiana offers more than both in tourism and food. Is overall more enjoyable.



Personally I'll say Mississippi, but it's almost a push with louisiana. I'm just being a Homer but every time I travel I see things that reminds me how behind we are.
Posted by dblwall
Member since Jul 2017
1766 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 1:06 pm to
Here's your answer






Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
48146 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 1:10 pm to
As much as I despise the University of Alabama, the state is not in the same category as the other two.

The three to compare are Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
Posted by Harvey Vortac
MidCity
Member since Aug 2024
420 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 1:15 pm to
quote:

don't think the Baptists were the downfall of these states. It was likely something else, just can't seem to put my finger on it.


I never said downfall of the states. I said my FIL viewed it as the change agent for the cultural monolith that was this Hwy 90 stretch of the Gulf Coast shared by these states.

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