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Which region is more poor? Appalachia or Mississippi Delta?
Posted on 3/5/21 at 8:28 pm
Posted on 3/5/21 at 8:28 pm
Different demographics and landscape. I think Welfare carries the Delta and that drugs are heavy in the appalachain region
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Posted on 3/5/21 at 8:31 pm to cajuntiger1010
There’s too many old $ farming families in the delta for it to be poorer than Appalachia. There’s literally no industry there. At least the poor people can farm in the delta if they want jobs
Posted on 3/5/21 at 8:34 pm to cajuntiger1010
My very good friend who is a nurse practitioner helped one summer with a free traveling clinic to Appalachia - she said the people had worms. The only place worse she volunteered was Haiti.
When she did something similar in Mississippi it was mostly dealing with addictions and counseling.
When she did something similar in Mississippi it was mostly dealing with addictions and counseling.
Posted on 3/5/21 at 8:53 pm to cajuntiger1010
Which region is happier. People in those regions seem pretty content with being poor, not having to keep up with the Jones, not having to worry about school, not worried about hygiene and just getting by. The others are largely addicted to opioids or alcoholics, though.
Posted on 3/5/21 at 8:56 pm to cajuntiger1010
When I think of mississippi delta I think of a bunch of towns like Bogalusa
Posted on 3/5/21 at 9:01 pm to cajuntiger1010
Appalachia and it’s not even close.
Posted on 3/5/21 at 9:29 pm to cajuntiger1010
Appalachia. At least the delta has casinos, right?
Also, I've been to the Delta and made it out, but you'll never leave Harlan alive.
Also, I've been to the Delta and made it out, but you'll never leave Harlan alive.
This post was edited on 3/5/21 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 3/5/21 at 9:30 pm to Erebus
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Appalachia and it’s not even close.
Appalachia proper is HUGE and encompasses like 10 states, with lots of cities, towns, industries, major universities, several national parks, etc. Hell, the Biltmore Estate is in the heart of Appalachia and that is one of the biggest monuments to wealth in the world.
Sure, the worst parts and the most remote areas are real bad, but that's like going to Compton or the worst neighborhood in Fresno and saying the West Coast is shithole.
The Mississippi Delta is much worse, especially since the textile manufacturing industry left. When you drive through there it feels like you are in Sierra Leone. It's just awful.
Posted on 3/5/21 at 9:36 pm to cajuntiger1010
I’ve never been to Appalachia but I’ve spent a lot of time in the Delta. The answer has to be parts of Appalachia. The Detla is definitely poor but it seems like north Louisiana outside of Shreveport/Monroe/Ruston.
Posted on 3/5/21 at 9:49 pm to cajuntiger1010
Central appalachia is bad.
I've never seen such poverty and hopelessness.
I've never seen such poverty and hopelessness.
Posted on 3/5/21 at 9:54 pm to burdman
The Tensas/Madison/East Carroll Parishes part of the Delta is just as shitty as the more famous Mississippi part.
Posted on 3/5/21 at 9:56 pm to cajuntiger1010
Have you ever played Fallout 76?
No doubt Appalachia, is LITERALLY an apocalyptic hellscape.
No doubt Appalachia, is LITERALLY an apocalyptic hellscape.
Posted on 3/5/21 at 9:57 pm to LSU Coyote
Indeed. Stay the frick in Houma.
Posted on 3/5/21 at 9:59 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
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Indeed. Stay the frick in Houma.
East Side of Houma
It is an experience.
Posted on 3/5/21 at 10:00 pm to The Boat
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The Tensas/Madison/East Carroll Parishes part of the Delta is just as shitty as the more famous Mississippi part.
as is Lee/Philips/Desha/etc counties in Arkansas
and the "Delta" is actually an alluvial plain, the real delta is the actual delta shaped part of the river at its mouth
Posted on 3/5/21 at 10:00 pm to TigerChief10
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There’s too many old $ farming families in the delta for it to be poorer than Appalachia. There’s literally no industry there. At least the poor people can farm in the delta if they want jobs
Farming mechanized 50 plus years ago, low skill farm labor jobs done by dozens are now done by one or two. There are no jobs in the Delta, the remaining poor people (who haven't left) need to be evacuated to Atlanta.
The Delta is easily escapable by those who want to better themselves and their families, I don't know if the same is true of Appalachia.
Posted on 3/5/21 at 10:01 pm to AUFANATL
Dude, he’s talking about the poor parts of Appalachia
Posted on 3/5/21 at 10:02 pm to cajuntiger1010
I've been through most of both areas in my days of trucking - i will definitely throw my vote to Appalachia. There's some areas there that looks like it has been abandoned since the civil war, but there's thousands of people in the area. It's horrible.
Posted on 3/5/21 at 10:05 pm to Horsemeat
Appalachia reminds me of Trailer Park Boys
Posted on 3/5/21 at 10:06 pm to greenbean
It depends on where in Appalachia you are. Where I am, there’s this weird sense of belonging for some if you minimize education and join in with this us against everyone mentality. It’s usually pushed by the Baptist churches, go figure.
They take great pride in being poor.
They take great pride in being poor.
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