Whenever you ask someone who has lived in Mississippi, they say they hate it. I, personally, loved it before Katrina came along...
2006-08-26 16:11:45 · 15 answers · asked by emily_mimily 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Other - United States
I don't hate it...I'm a long time resident. And you should still love it after Hurricane Katrina because we are a lot stronger now! :) This state is so beautiful because I saw people work together and stand up together after EVERYTHING was taken... People helped each other and took care of each other in a time of SERIOUS devistation...I mean it was the worst natural disaster in this country...as I'm sure ya know.
Anyway, I think that the state of Mississippi can be considered different based on where you are within it. The coast is MUCH MUCH MUCH different from the central and northern parts... It's more moderate here, whereas it's more conservative up there. I have friends who do the whole mudridding and country thing...I've never even been near that stuff! lol
If you loved it before, love it again! Thanks to the response of the citizens of this country, we're growing again! :) I'm so proud to live here!
2006-08-26 18:03:39 · answer #1 · answered by littlerandiheather 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Hi Em,,,, well dear , before Katrina .. we had Camille in 1969,,, and it was and or is one of the strongest storms that hit the gulf coast area... it was a cat 5 , Katrina was a cat 3,, and personally ( i think the Govt.. is making that up to keep from paying more money),,,
The state is not bad,, we have had some serious knocks in our past about the Civil Rights era and all that went on....in a lot of peoples eyes,, we are still the same ole redneck hicks they think we are.... If they only knew about all the famous people from Mississippi,, and what accomplishments have come from there,, they might just back down a little....
We have a State Govt,, that has kept us in the back row or back street of this country for years though...
We will recover from Katrina,, and things will come to some sense of order ....... hopefully...
good luck
2006-08-26 16:20:31 · answer #2 · answered by eejonesaux 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You are asking about people who LIVED IN MISSISSIPPI (past tense). Well, first off, this is not a good sample since they left for some reason. My guess is that they were discriminated against, went through a hurricane, could not stand the weather, got a poor education, their kids got a poor education, they could not get into Ole Miss, their cotton farm failed, their ancestors were slaves, their parent or grandparents were share croppers, or as one fellow said on here, they are pissed of that they have to spell the name by learning a song. (Despite that, I almost left out the second set of curvy letters)
Personally, I have only driven along the Interstate that goes along the coast and it was before Katrina. I thought the state looked nice enough to pick up literature about retiring in Mississippi. I understand Oxford and that area are real nice places to live.
Right now, I am having an email/phone conversation with a lady in Oxford who certainly is one of those beautiful southern women and has been very nice and kind to me, although I am slow to respond.
I do remember, also, while in college, looking at a Fraternity brother's Ole Miss Yearbook. To this day I remember thinking, what the heck am I doing here? (I won't disclose my college's name) after looking a the hundreds upon hundreds of pictures of beautiful girls in that year book. I probably would not have fit in or have gotten a lot of trouble for my very liberal views, especially on race.
2006-08-26 16:49:21 · answer #3 · answered by Dr No 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I live in South Mississippi and am proud to be southern. I think a lot of people that have lived here and moved away find that other states offer better opportunities and more pay therefore making MS seem like the low state on the totem pole. A lot of northerners see MS as redneck and hick towns.
2006-08-26 16:20:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lot of it is the humidity. I've never lived there, but have been there to pickup or deliver a load, and I just melt in summer. But it is a very beautiful state and the people are very nice and helpful.
2006-08-26 16:21:55 · answer #5 · answered by songbird092962 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I have been to Mississippi and I liked it. The soft slow pace appeals to me.
2006-08-26 16:19:53 · answer #6 · answered by Norman 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
The smell (Moss Point/Pascagoula), Lack of entertainment, amusement parks, culture. Poor education system, lack of resources for mentally handicapped/elderly. Last state in the country for helping mentally handicapped. The heat, humidity, mosquitoes, love bugs, alligators and snakes. Lack of good paying jobs, nepotism for the good jobs... I could go on. This place is steaming pile of feces.
2015-10-24 04:34:10 · answer #7 · answered by B B 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
who hates mississppi? maybe everyone is tired of hearing the issue of black and white it's not a line between black and white as it is more of an issue of rich an dpoor if it was like that and everyone say all the blacks were victims of a heinous thing then why is so much more money being contributed to rebuilding it then wa sgiven to the september 11th incident i think you are wrong
2006-08-26 16:19:26 · answer #8 · answered by glass_city_hustla 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Some feel the weather, other feel the backwards state of things
2006-08-26 16:24:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
MS is the last **** hole in the face of earth....period?fuallmississipians..
2014-09-25 04:50:23 · answer #10 · answered by Ruben 1 · 7⤊ 1⤋