Poll: Where do you live?
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Southern Northeast MS
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Northern East Central MS
Southern Northeast MS
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Northern East Central MS
related, but slight hijack....
do most people think anything south of Jackson is south mississippi, but north miss starts at the line crossing the state that is parallel to the southern boarder of Monroe County , anything between that and Jackson is central miss? why does South ms start below Hinds county? while I am oos, being raised in true NE MS, that's how things were
do most people think anything south of Jackson is south mississippi, but north miss starts at the line crossing the state that is parallel to the southern boarder of Monroe County , anything between that and Jackson is central miss? why does South ms start below Hinds county? while I am oos, being raised in true NE MS, that's how things were
That seems like a pretty good place to draw the line. The Golden Triangle and the 82 corridor feel like something else.
It’s kind of funny. I consider 1-20 and associated counties central. Anything north and south accordingly. It could be a Vicksburg bias though. What’s weird is a consider Birmingham, Central Alabama even though it is as far north as Starkville, and anything south of Atlanta, South Georgia, even though it is farther north.
My dad used to refer to Noxubee County and Lowndes County as north MS, but I don't think that's right. The Monroe County line makes sense to me.
Nice try, alumni association.
IMO South Mississippi is anything south of the Dairy Queen on HWY 49 in Magee
I changed to Central MS from Jackson Metro. I missed Central MS the first time. We have the pearl penal colony between us and Jacktown and I didn't want to be associated with Jacktown.
Could also make an argument that NE Mississippi is any area where Tupelo and/or Columbus serves as a cultural hub. This includes the western Alabama counties.
Where do you put Meridian. It's a county or two above pine belt but a little too east for central? I would say east central MS but that wasn't an option...
Anything north of 82 is Yankee Land and I want no part of it.
If you're looking for economic purposes, you almost have to differentiate between MSAs and then the areas outside of MSA's. The Delta makes sense as an economic unit as it's pretty similar and easily defined. The Coast if you are talking about the three coastal counties is I think the same way. The lower six counties not quite as distinct. Not sure people in Poplarville are part of the same economy as the Coast? Similarly, with Northeast Mississippi, is how connected is somebody in Corinth to the Tupelo economy? Any more than Hattiesburg is connected to the Coast? (think it's about an hour by car for both).
Only thing about MS that is consistent is that it's inconsistent. MS share allegiance with out of state shlt too much. No one will agree most likely, on any map of MS culture.
The only places that are truly unique are the Coast and the Delta. Coast shares allegiance with New Orleans/Mobile as far as economy and lifestyle. Delta represents MS in many ways. Poor and split, with half of it anchored by Jackson and the other half by out-of-state (Memphis).
How the hell did we let TN have Memphis anyway?
I definitely wouldn't lump the top three counties with the bottom three on the Coast. There are similarities but I think you are getting more "country" in the top three (not in anyway a bad thing), but they are definitely moving into the middle part of the state, just not all the way if that makes sense. Hattiesburg is another thing.
ETA: sorry I wasn't really thinking about economics but I would still say what I said holds true for that also.
Pretty closely connected, but also not as connected as say Verona. It's roughly 55 miles up 45. About the same as Mayhew. I would say Corinth is also connected to Jackson, TN. But Aberdeen is also connected to Columbus, and Amory is connected to Sulligent, and all of it is distantly connected to Birmingham. I don't think it's something you can draw a hard boundary on like a lot of other things. To me, it's mostly cultural which includes economy shared spaces that people move around in like highways, malls, churches, sports, etc. All of it is what I mean when I say cultural. Not to mention that it is highly subjective. For example, I am much more connected to the Golden Triangle than I am Corinth although I grew up about the same distance from both, so I am going to see Corinth as less connected.
30 years ago I would have asked, "Can you get the Daily Journal delivered to your house?"
That's about the best way to frame it. "Where is your cultural hub city?" Once you answer that you can start answering some of these questions.
To take that further, you have to ask what are the cultural hub cities/metros located in MS? And how would you define that? I'd say Jackson and maybe Gulfport/Biloxi and Tupelo are the only areas that even come close to having all the 'stuff' you need.
Then think further that Mississippi's two university towns have a cultural hub of friggin' Tupelo at best, and at worst, out-of-state Memphis for Ole Miss and really nothing for Mississippi State. Some combo of Jackson and out-of-state Birmingham.
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I was disappointed that Mississippi Coast wasn’t named “Landmass”.
Used to live north on Wall Trianna. Paid $98.5k for a 3/2 on 1/2 an acre many moons ago. Got a special AL first time buyer bond rate of 6% on a 30.
On another note, it appears Jackson Metro folks have more than the rest of the state combined. Remember when I kept saying over and over again that Jackson was important to MSU? One day folks will wake up to that reality.
In all honesty, that would be better. It would ensure that Jackson would have thrived and likely better for MSU too. Win win. And located further from Bama and Ole Miss.
Of course best case scenario would be for the capital and MSU to be located in Vicksburg and Jackson would have been another Yazoo City or so. Could have avoided the damn destructive clay too, in two places.
This is much more geographically accurate than the joke I used to hear growing up- the Chicago metro viewed anything south of I80 as Southern Illinois.
You can really split some hairs here but I imagine it is up to one's own influences. I'm from the GTR, I'd say that's central ms per the choices. But really the GTR seems more connected to Tupelo and that is NE MS.
My imagine always thinks central ms as highway 8 to I20. Above 8, north. Below 20, south.
East of I55, is Mississippi. West of I55 is some weird desolate place.**
My imagine always thinks central ms as highway 8 to I20. Above 8, north. Below 20, south.
East of I55, is Mississippi. West of I55 is some weird desolate place.**
The geographic center of MS is in Leake County outside of Carthage. Horizontal line running East/West through that point also aligns nicely with the southern tip of the Delta.
I think there are 8 regions. 5 rural, 3 urban.
I’d define any area (other than Rankin / Hinds / Madison) that fall between the central point in Leake County and I-20 to be Central MS.
3 counties above are Jackson MSA.
Any areas south of I-20 and north of I-10 (again, excluding Rankin / Hinds / Madison counties) is South Mississippi.
South of I-10 is the coast….pretty straightforward.
Everything north of Carthage and southeast of the Trace is Northeast MS.
Everything north of Carthage, northwest of the Trace, and east of the Delta is North MS….excluding DeSoto County.
DeSoto County is Memphis suburbs.
The Delta - pull up Google satellite image and see if you’re there or not. Again, pretty straightforward.