Mississippi: What went wrong?

Because they are all lazy. Their is not one good thing about the state of Mississippi...they should get rid of the entire state!!

Dey got de blues

Yes, like West Virginia, its standard of living is about equal to that of France.

You go for a run sometime in Mississippi between March and November, let us know how appealing it turns out to be.

They need to eat a lot of deep fried foods to keep the ennui at bay.

Wow. Fuk you all.

Duck Hunt wrote:

You go for a run sometime in Mississippi between March and November, let us know how appealing it turns out to be.

You go for a run sometime in Mississippi between November and March, let us know how appealing it turns out to be.

Why all the hate?

Mississippi is a beautiful state full of beautiful people.

Yeah man Sally Field looks great in that movie.

No. You couldn't have missed my point if you'd deliberately tried to. You must be the epitome of the Mississippi brain trust.

Wow. wrote:

Duck Hunt wrote:

You go for a run sometime in Mississippi between March and November, let us know how appealing it turns out to be.

You go for a run sometime in Mississippi between November and March, let us know how appealing it turns out to be.

Duck Hunt wrote:

No. You couldn't have missed my point if you'd deliberately tried to. You must be the epitome of the Mississippi brain trust.

Wow. wrote:

You go for a run sometime in Mississippi between November and March, let us know how appealing it turns out to be.

Easy, asshole. All I did was counter your slam on Mississippi summer climate by pointing out that it's nice in the winter.

But apparently I missed your point. What point was that? Were you not implying that there's poor running weather between March and November?

Sorry, I'm obviously from Mississippi, and it hurts me to see it get hammered by people that don't know anything about the state or what it's like to live here. I've lived in MS, IL, WY, CO, AR, TX, LA, and NY. Every single place was great in its own way, and Mississippi is no different. What exactly do you think is so bad about Mississippi? You think everyone is fat, poor, and stupid? That's just false.

You guys can continue to get off on bashing someone else's home if you wish, but that won't make you feel any better about yourself or where you live. Seriously, get over yourselves.

Wow. wrote:

You think everyone is fat, poor, and stupid? That's just false.

Everyone? No. A disproportional amount when compared to the rest of the country? Yes. The statistics don't lie about that. Don't try and use the technically incorrect generalization that "everyone" is fat/poor/stupid to avoid the main point of the question - which is, why are so many of Mississippi's residents this way at all?

MS is a sh*t hole!!! You ever wonder why it is so damn hot there.....because you are in hell. The MS folks go to church and pray for wisdom, money, and health. In the mean time the rest of the world get an eduction, go to work, and exercise. The south is backwards. I lived there and hope they annex the state ASAP. And no, I don't live there anymore, I was getting dumber and fatter by the second.

(I am well award dumber is not a word, but in MS it is!!!)

*aware*

go to a casino in biloxi and play some poker. You WILL win some serious cash off some stupid, white, wanna be black, flat brim hat wearing, sculpted edge of face beard wearing, white jean jacket wearing, fake gold ring wearing m-effers! Easy money.

i hate the south wrote:

The MS folks go to church and pray for wisdom, money, and health. In the mean time the rest of the world get an eduction, go to work, and exercise.

Which are you?

The delta wrote:

Why is Mississippi the poorest and obese state in the union.

"Somebody's gotta be the worst, sir."

Someone who has lived in the New York and Mississippi, the girls in MS are much prettier and have more class. The New York women curse like no other, and more likely to start a fight with another. And fat? Ha, girls in the south are very self conscious about their looks, they do whatever they can to look good. New Yorkers don't seem to care too much, from my experiences at least.

A couple of obvious reasons:

1) It's an old southwestern state. That means leading up to the Civil War they relied on cash crops and slave labor. We all know how well that went.

2) They fought the changes that came along afterward. This meant no land-grant universities, no new infrastructure, a reliance on agriculture, etc. Just compare the changes between Virginia in 1865 and 1965 to Mississippi. There's a reason the Civil Rights movement really was in issue in the deep south. Most of the people there fought the direction the nation was going in and paid for it.

3) What else do they have? Not much. So, there wasn't a way for Mississippi's economy ever to really take off without radically changing from an agrarian system.

4) It's hot. And humid. The weather just isn't like Florida or Southern California. Who want's to live there just because?