Rural MISSISSIPPI: Dying, Poverty-Stricken Towns - Far Off The Interstate
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Date: 2024-01-28
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Endymion766
Dollar General saving us from hunger. TY General and TY Joe&Nic for uploading this.
I'm not surprised from the low crime rates. It's a inconvenient secret for activists that want to use poor folks as shields for their little revolutions. Poverty does not make crime. Criminals do. I was raised in Yazoo and it's also very poor and we had a near zero crime rate. You could let the kids out and trust they would always come back no matter where they went. It gave us about the best childhood a kid could ask for, exploring the woods and old buildings, saying hi to strangers and buying a soda at the convenience store. Riding our bikes everywhere. Where else can you let kids have that much freedom We've lost something precious.
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Dollar General saving us from hunger. TY General and TY Joe&Nic for uploading this.
I'm not surprised from the low crime rates. It's a inconvenient secret for activists that want to use poor folks as shields for their little revolutions. Poverty does not make crime. Criminals do. I was raised in Yazoo and it's also very poor and we had a near zero crime rate. You could let the kids out and trust they would always come back no matter where they went. It gave us about the best childhood a kid could ask for, exploring the woods and old buildings, saying hi to strangers and buying a soda at the convenience store. Riding our bikes everywhere. Where else can you let kids have that much freedom We've lost something precious.
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sandygarcia6684
I live in Tupelo. I have just began watching your videos. I like them. Even though I was born here, right in Tupelo, matter of fact, I was reared in Zion and Chicago, IL. But my Dad moved us back here in 73. I never got to where I liked it here much and ran off the first chance I got. Lol. Ended back here after all and I am too old now to run anymore. Mississippi is okay. We're not all married to our cousin. Hahaha! Just kidding! You be safe.
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I live in Tupelo. I have just began watching your videos. I like them. Even though I was born here, right in Tupelo, matter of fact, I was reared in Zion and Chicago, IL. But my Dad moved us back here in 73. I never got to where I liked it here much and ran off the first chance I got. Lol. Ended back here after all and I am too old now to run anymore. Mississippi is okay. We're not all married to our cousin. Hahaha! Just kidding! You be safe.
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dgirls4life134
Am from close rage of this type of town. my town has 2 stop signs just build a Family Dollar/ Dollar Tree. these type towns are very poor we suffer from the lack of income but we got the love of God on the inside. if we had money we would be in paradise. but that's what keep us in the word an praying cause we have to lead on the almighty God to survive an we never been with any thing peace, joy, and happiness is in these poor towns.
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Am from close rage of this type of town. my town has 2 stop signs just build a Family Dollar/ Dollar Tree. these type towns are very poor we suffer from the lack of income but we got the love of God on the inside. if we had money we would be in paradise. but that's what keep us in the word an praying cause we have to lead on the almighty God to survive an we never been with any thing peace, joy, and happiness is in these poor towns.
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usa-by-car
The footage of Greenwood is amazing. Yes, it's empty but it's pretty, neat as a pin and the buildings are so cool. It looks like the people just vanished, but it's not derelict, graffitied or covered in trash. My great grandfather and great aunt lived there in the 1900 through 1950s and he owned a restaurant called The Greenwood Sandwich Shop. I'd love to come see it sometime and visit his gravesite.
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The footage of Greenwood is amazing. Yes, it's empty but it's pretty, neat as a pin and the buildings are so cool. It looks like the people just vanished, but it's not derelict, graffitied or covered in trash. My great grandfather and great aunt lived there in the 1900 through 1950s and he owned a restaurant called The Greenwood Sandwich Shop. I'd love to come see it sometime and visit his gravesite.
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user-yk1zg7dc5h
Yes they all need to rot out with their bias! Until they learn that they should LOVE others, this will be their fate! Love is of God! Love others and God will bless you! Hate is of the devil, and he brings nothing but destruction including poverty! God alone brings blessing and prosperity! Therefore, choose God! Love others even if they are different than you! GOD IS LOVE! Blessings will follow!
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Yes they all need to rot out with their bias! Until they learn that they should LOVE others, this will be their fate! Love is of God! Love others and God will bless you! Hate is of the devil, and he brings nothing but destruction including poverty! God alone brings blessing and prosperity! Therefore, choose God! Love others even if they are different than you! GOD IS LOVE! Blessings will follow!
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arniegreenberg2719
I see these places as needing new blood to revitalize them. The cost of living is cheap $45k to $159k for housing vs California, New York and many places where you have $1, 000, 000 plus houses. Many young professionals work from home so if they invest in this area and having fast internet they can revitalize some of these areas. If not they will ultimately revert to nature.
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I see these places as needing new blood to revitalize them. The cost of living is cheap $45k to $159k for housing vs California, New York and many places where you have $1, 000, 000 plus houses. Many young professionals work from home so if they invest in this area and having fast internet they can revitalize some of these areas. If not they will ultimately revert to nature.
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dazergurl
I was raised in Sturgis, MS. I went to school in that town before it was closed down. My parents went to school there. I moved away bc sometimes when you're from a small town, you think you need to see more of the world. Sometimes I miss it and that small town feeling. Maybe, if you're going down Hwy 12 from Starkville, you come make your way to Sturgis, and then Ackerman.
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I was raised in Sturgis, MS. I went to school in that town before it was closed down. My parents went to school there. I moved away bc sometimes when you're from a small town, you think you need to see more of the world. Sometimes I miss it and that small town feeling. Maybe, if you're going down Hwy 12 from Starkville, you come make your way to Sturgis, and then Ackerman.
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SAFETYHOOD
Amazing to see the destruction of America from within. Closing down more factories and displacing whole communities. Now even AMAZON Bezos indicates they are going to buy 750, 000 ROBOTS and displace that many or more workers. More unemployed, more displaced homes and families. GAI - Guaranteed Annual Income - Communism will prevail - Stop it Now before it's just too late.
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Amazing to see the destruction of America from within. Closing down more factories and displacing whole communities. Now even AMAZON Bezos indicates they are going to buy 750, 000 ROBOTS and displace that many or more workers. More unemployed, more displaced homes and families. GAI - Guaranteed Annual Income - Communism will prevail - Stop it Now before it's just too late.
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miss. g-shun-w
Brooksville reminds me of some parts of my dad's hometown in Monroe, LA.
42% poverty rate is the highest I've seen in your videos so far (I stand corrected: Scooba)
Loved the architecture of the public library building in Macon
Pleasantly surprised by East Mississippi College.
Why do people insist on wanting to know race I don't like knowing that part
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Brooksville reminds me of some parts of my dad's hometown in Monroe, LA.
42% poverty rate is the highest I've seen in your videos so far (I stand corrected: Scooba)
Loved the architecture of the public library building in Macon
Pleasantly surprised by East Mississippi College.
Why do people insist on wanting to know race I don't like knowing that part
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mariesheppard3750
When I started to drive in 1959 25 c a gallon LOL Now was $1. 71. 9 a litre in Canada today on the West Coast, I like when you decide to do this traveling, We all have learn t so much from all the towns you go to Thanks for the great job your doing showing the U S A
Hey what guy figured out the garbage cans even at 10 cent a can he is a millionaire
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When I started to drive in 1959 25 c a gallon LOL Now was $1. 71. 9 a litre in Canada today on the West Coast, I like when you decide to do this traveling, We all have learn t so much from all the towns you go to Thanks for the great job your doing showing the U S A
Hey what guy figured out the garbage cans even at 10 cent a can he is a millionaire
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Vincent-mindeye
The cure for the whole misery of poverty is the development of the appreciation of those things that are really worth while; having attended to necessities such as the production of corn and wine, devote the surplus energies not to the production of that kind of luxury which can only be enjoyed by few, but to the creation of beauty. - Aleister Crowley
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The cure for the whole misery of poverty is the development of the appreciation of those things that are really worth while; having attended to necessities such as the production of corn and wine, devote the surplus energies not to the production of that kind of luxury which can only be enjoyed by few, but to the creation of beauty. - Aleister Crowley
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santhanaraj5863
All these towns started going into decay, when US signed NAFTA under Bill Clinton! Thousands of Factories and hundreds of thousands of Jobs got shipped out to other countries, leaving millions jobless, homeless and without hope! Its the same story in many states! Globalists Corporations and big banks destroyed lives everywhere!
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All these towns started going into decay, when US signed NAFTA under Bill Clinton! Thousands of Factories and hundreds of thousands of Jobs got shipped out to other countries, leaving millions jobless, homeless and without hope! Its the same story in many states! Globalists Corporations and big banks destroyed lives everywhere!
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Kiamichi-Okie
The reason the high %'s of widowers and widows is Diabetes and secondary complications what we call comfort food, is their dietary intake, and lack of medical intervention and lack of medical services. That is why Blacks have such a disproportionate to other races in Diabetes and Cancer is lack of income.
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The reason the high %'s of widowers and widows is Diabetes and secondary complications what we call comfort food, is their dietary intake, and lack of medical intervention and lack of medical services. That is why Blacks have such a disproportionate to other races in Diabetes and Cancer is lack of income.
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KASSOR0123
Saludos desde Argentina. Me encantan tus videos amigo. Los pueblos americanos tienen su encanto y a la ves su misterio.
Son bonitos y en algunos casos, como misteriosos y como que hubiera fantasmas dando vueltas por ahi.
Muy bueno. Me gusta. Que Dios bendiga a estados Unidos y su gente.
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Saludos desde Argentina. Me encantan tus videos amigo. Los pueblos americanos tienen su encanto y a la ves su misterio.
Son bonitos y en algunos casos, como misteriosos y como que hubiera fantasmas dando vueltas por ahi.
Muy bueno. Me gusta. Que Dios bendiga a estados Unidos y su gente.
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skintslots
From an outsider here in the UK there is a startling correlationbetween the fact that low income very often equals a predominately large majority of black people living in that town. It's no wonder that race relations are so strained across the US.
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From an outsider here in the UK there is a startling correlationbetween the fact that low income very often equals a predominately large majority of black people living in that town. It's no wonder that race relations are so strained across the US.
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usa-by-car
While you're in MS. Can you check out towns like Braxton, Mississippi. I have a friend who lives there I was always wondered what area is like. She lives right off the HWY. THX Love your videos. I get to see some places I didn't know existed.
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While you're in MS. Can you check out towns like Braxton, Mississippi. I have a friend who lives there I was always wondered what area is like. She lives right off the HWY. THX Love your videos. I get to see some places I didn't know existed.
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valliecole7942
I'm from West Point, about 30 minutes north of Macon but I've spent most of my adult life as close to Noxubee county as possible! It is full of history, beauty, & mystery! It's truly a representation of Southern Gothic & it holds my heart!
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I'm from West Point, about 30 minutes north of Macon but I've spent most of my adult life as close to Noxubee county as possible! It is full of history, beauty, & mystery! It's truly a representation of Southern Gothic & it holds my heart!
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FredBushjr
Good lord my Father relocated to New Orleans back in 1940-1950’s served in Korean War in 1950-54 I was born in 1958 my father was an alcoholic less than a grade school graduate He would always say Son I am worth more to you dead then alive
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Good lord my Father relocated to New Orleans back in 1940-1950’s served in Korean War in 1950-54 I was born in 1958 my father was an alcoholic less than a grade school graduate He would always say Son I am worth more to you dead then alive
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usa-by-car
Hi Lord Spoda
Video on rural Mississippi is nice. Enjoyed it. Grocery stores, General stores add life to the down towns. Thanks for showing them in small rural towns. About past 6 to 8 videos I skipped. Now watching them one by one. Best.
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Hi Lord Spoda
Video on rural Mississippi is nice. Enjoyed it. Grocery stores, General stores add life to the down towns. Thanks for showing them in small rural towns. About past 6 to 8 videos I skipped. Now watching them one by one. Best.
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andandovou23
There you go huh, I'm here in Brazil in awe of your videos, and that makes me more and more fascinated with the rural environment there in the United States, with poverty or without poverty, making me want to know them
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There you go huh, I'm here in Brazil in awe of your videos, and that makes me more and more fascinated with the rural environment there in the United States, with poverty or without poverty, making me want to know them
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jeffsparey9585
It's amazing as a Brit looking at these places that just are deserted in America, we don't have anything like it over here but I guess our island is too small for people to just up sticks and just abandon a town
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It's amazing as a Brit looking at these places that just are deserted in America, we don't have anything like it over here but I guess our island is too small for people to just up sticks and just abandon a town
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vortexwavgaming
I’m from brooksville, moved to Detroit when i was 2. My mom grew up here and i spent allot of my early childhood summers there in the late 90’s. Things were a lot more busy even then. Now it’s just dead.
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I’m from brooksville, moved to Detroit when i was 2. My mom grew up here and i spent allot of my early childhood summers there in the late 90’s. Things were a lot more busy even then. Now it’s just dead.
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toke7560
Speaking from the over populated and over crowded UK, i love all the space you have. I could live in Brooksville and be happy. You have amazing small towns that have gone to the dogs. They could all be great places.
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Speaking from the over populated and over crowded UK, i love all the space you have. I could live in Brooksville and be happy. You have amazing small towns that have gone to the dogs. They could all be great places.
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avalonjustin
The high poverty rate for 17 and under you mention apparently correlates to single parent households. I've seen studies say that children in single parent households are around twice as likely to be in poverty.
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The high poverty rate for 17 and under you mention apparently correlates to single parent households. I've seen studies say that children in single parent households are around twice as likely to be in poverty.
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ruthlessgoat3702
Fortunately, this area was not on my route when I worked out of Memphis. I did see plenty of poverty in E. Arkansas, W. Tennessee and W. Kentucky. There is, unfortunately, not much hope for these areas.
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Fortunately, this area was not on my route when I worked out of Memphis. I did see plenty of poverty in E. Arkansas, W. Tennessee and W. Kentucky. There is, unfortunately, not much hope for these areas.
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donnagriffin9750
Walmart's are moving out of small towns and dollar stores are everywhere. Now they sell the same things that Walmart does and some of the convenience stores are like the dollar stores.
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Walmart's are moving out of small towns and dollar stores are everywhere. Now they sell the same things that Walmart does and some of the convenience stores are like the dollar stores.
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usa-by-car
Love the video Lord Spoda! A month ago, I asked about the demographics of race & thank you for that. I wouldve never thought a small town in MS would be majorly Black. Good stuff Lord Spoda!
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Love the video Lord Spoda! A month ago, I asked about the demographics of race & thank you for that. I wouldve never thought a small town in MS would be majorly Black. Good stuff Lord Spoda!
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michaelfay8660
You get hungry broke and poor you get desperate and you don't think so you steal and do stuff to survive that's the way it is not because you are a bad person but you try to survive
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You get hungry broke and poor you get desperate and you don't think so you steal and do stuff to survive that's the way it is not because you are a bad person but you try to survive
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an80slady
Such interesting vide0s. I enjoy following along on your adventures. Community colleges are usually just commuter schools so no student housing like in state or private colleges.
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Such interesting vide0s. I enjoy following along on your adventures. Community colleges are usually just commuter schools so no student housing like in state or private colleges.
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Kiamichi-Okie
My father a former College / University Administrator we lived in college / University towns my question where are the bars, you can not have a college town without bars.
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My father a former College / University Administrator we lived in college / University towns my question where are the bars, you can not have a college town without bars.
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lmcwill0502
Mississippi has been in the news the past couple days 2/13/23, the number of babies born with syphilis has risen 900%. in Mississippi. That is insane
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Mississippi has been in the news the past couple days 2/13/23, the number of babies born with syphilis has risen 900%. in Mississippi. That is insane
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keyonnabush9179
Why you recording our little town come bring something in and bring some life to it because on that news report they lied they not fixing nun
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Why you recording our little town come bring something in and bring some life to it because on that news report they lied they not fixing nun
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davidbowen2175
Who in the world would want to live in a place such as this I'd cry if I lived there & look for another house/town. RB, Conyers, Ga
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Who in the world would want to live in a place such as this I'd cry if I lived there & look for another house/town. RB, Conyers, Ga
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OnePieceTractor
I could start a successful business in that town with all the speed bumps tomorrow just doing shocks and brakes & exhaust and tires
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I could start a successful business in that town with all the speed bumps tomorrow just doing shocks and brakes & exhaust and tires
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