How to fix Mississippi
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As I said in the panic thread I miss a vibrant Jackson. I experienced very little of a vibrant Jackson, but I do remember it being a decent place. As a very little kid I remember going to Jackson establishments such as Piccadilly, Red, hot and blue bbq, and others that I don’t remember the names of. I remember going to county line/north park all the time. I remember even going over to the Jackson zoo a bunch. Jackson was still fine especially in broad daylight in the late 90s very early 00s. This was pretty much the very tail end of Jackson as a decent place to go. Sure it had a ton of crime then too, but it wasn’t to the point that you couldn’t enjoy what it had to offer. By the mid 00s late 00s it was cooked, and got worse and worse. Then after 2020 forget about it. Who knows maybe my memory is hazy, but I do feel like in my very early life Jackson was a fun place and safe enough to enjoy it.
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It was nice. I started to name off all of the neighborhoods that were really nice and safe, but the list is much shorter to name off the areas that weren't. And even those, you didn't feel like your life would be threatened if you went there. They just weren't quite as nice as all the others. And the streets were kept up pretty much all over. Callaway HS used to be a really good school. As was Forest Hill and Jim Hill. I know I'm missing others I've forgotten. Old Jackson Mall area was nice to go to. I remember when Metrocenter opened. Was such a nice development for that time and one of the largest in the south. You had several REALLY nice golf courses within the city limits. Now just one. Was fun going to Jackson Mets games. Saw Lenny Dykstra, Daryl Strawberry, Mookie Wilson, Dwight Gooden, among others, play there. I pretty much quit watching MLB after the '94 strike, though. In the late 80's, Jubilee Jam was good times. They had some good acts come. Downtown was safe to walk around in and vibrant. You had some good bars and hangouts that people from all over the state would come to. Jackson Zoo was well kept and safe and you didn't have to have an armored 4x4 to get to it. Ridgeland and Madison were country towns. I remember their development and it directly coincided with the slow demise of Jackson. As well as Brandon/Flowood. Sad to see Jackson, after having grown up with it being a gem.
No industry. Until they acquire some, will stay the same. Many have to move elsewhere because there are not enough of good high paying jobs.
Yep. For 30 years Mississippi has been working hard to bring in more blue collar jobs. Just recently I see more attempts to focus on white collar/tech stuff. Mississippi has not suffered from blue collar drain, but brain drain. The thing is white collar jobs bring blue collar jobs too. Particularly services, construction, and small business.
I know a ton of people that live in Rankin / Madison counties. Grew up in Rankin myself. Not a single one of them has employment that is in any way tied to the state capital operations.
Those areas didn’t come to exist because of the state capital. Jackson was once a hub for finance, industry, and healthcare that came to exist alongside the state government operations. Having a couple of major interstates and other geographic advantages helped with all that. But now, just about all of that except UMC and the healthcare portion has dried up. The suburbs have reached a degree of self-sustainability for certain small businesses and even larger operations like the Nissan plant, etc. Jackson no longer provides anything substantial to them that it wouldn’t already be providing without the state capital.
Hot damn. This takes me back. My dad and I used to absolutely smash some ribs at Red Hot and Blue way back in the day. Actually told him several years ago before he passed that it was one of my fond memories with me. I have no idea if that was actually “good BBQ” or not, but little kid me thought it was good.
Picadilly was (is?) also unmatched for the sliced roast beef, egg custard pie, and unmistakable senior-citizen-smell that might as well have been plumbed into the HVAC duct work.
Yeah I remember the ribs at red hot too. Must have been pretty damn good. What happened to that place? When did it shut down? Old school memories now, last time I remember going was around ‘01 or ‘02 I was young
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I remember the pigs playing guitars in the logo, and I remember it was dark smoky place kinda? Maybe like a checkered table of some sort? Either that or like glass with table cloth underneath. Really hazy but fond memories from so very long ago.
I feel like a Mexican place was near by but could be totally wrong on that.
I feel like a Mexican place was near by but could be totally wrong on that.
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