HATTIESBURG: What We Saw In This Deep South MISSISSIPPI Town
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Date: 2024-01-28
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Biloxiblonde77
I think he said it was October 9, which was Columbus Day, a federal holiday, hence the lack of activity downtown since all tbe city buildings and post office were closed. I went to college at USM in the late 70s and early 80s and it had definitely grown in population and size by the time my daughter attended USM from 2017-2021. She had a great experience there but yes, sadly crime is higher than it used to be, but still a nice town. I live on the MS gulf coast but still visit periodically to shop at The Lucky Rabbit, a wonderful vintage market full of treasures!
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I think he said it was October 9, which was Columbus Day, a federal holiday, hence the lack of activity downtown since all tbe city buildings and post office were closed. I went to college at USM in the late 70s and early 80s and it had definitely grown in population and size by the time my daughter attended USM from 2017-2021. She had a great experience there but yes, sadly crime is higher than it used to be, but still a nice town. I live on the MS gulf coast but still visit periodically to shop at The Lucky Rabbit, a wonderful vintage market full of treasures!
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anikabutler8945
I went to college in Hattiesburg. University of Southern Mississippi Class of 2016 I’m a Louisiana girl to my soul but Mississippi holds a special place in my heart We had a lot of good times in Hattiesburg. A lot of loving people in that town. Also, it’s one of the safest places I’ve lived. I think the crime just seems skewed on paper. We would be out at night (all girls) until 3 or 4 in the morning and no one ever bothered us.
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I went to college in Hattiesburg. University of Southern Mississippi Class of 2016 I’m a Louisiana girl to my soul but Mississippi holds a special place in my heart We had a lot of good times in Hattiesburg. A lot of loving people in that town. Also, it’s one of the safest places I’ve lived. I think the crime just seems skewed on paper. We would be out at night (all girls) until 3 or 4 in the morning and no one ever bothered us.
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doingitwithnothing
You always do a great historical review on cities/towns but vary well done in Hattiesburg we just return from a week end there my granddaughter had a Fake Wedding. it was vary pretty her wedding gown was Black at the end of the ceremony the preacher announced you are not Married and you cannot kiss your Bride. Lots food music etc. this was to allow her Dad to walk her down the isle he’s not have long to live due to cancer
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You always do a great historical review on cities/towns but vary well done in Hattiesburg we just return from a week end there my granddaughter had a Fake Wedding. it was vary pretty her wedding gown was Black at the end of the ceremony the preacher announced you are not Married and you cannot kiss your Bride. Lots food music etc. this was to allow her Dad to walk her down the isle he’s not have long to live due to cancer
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peterbaskind9872
I lived in Hattiesburg for a few years. It’s a surprisingly nice place to live. It really revolves around the college which gives the town a nice vibe.
I came back a couple of years ago and round-tripped the trail in a day. It’s a beautiful ride. The trail is well-maintained and VERY rural.
One aside if Captain Hardy had named the town for himself, the Laurel/Hattiesburg area would have been Laurel and Hardy.
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I lived in Hattiesburg for a few years. It’s a surprisingly nice place to live. It really revolves around the college which gives the town a nice vibe.
I came back a couple of years ago and round-tripped the trail in a day. It’s a beautiful ride. The trail is well-maintained and VERY rural.
One aside if Captain Hardy had named the town for himself, the Laurel/Hattiesburg area would have been Laurel and Hardy.
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davidsauls9542
The college students don't cause any of the crime in Hattiesburg. It is the few lazy ones that cause trouble, but only a bit.
Healthcare is excellent there, streets are very safe, no corruption (government or law enforcement, just honest people wanting a good life.
I lived there for a few years and liked it. I'm glad you stopped by. Your evaluations are always sincere and unbiased.
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The college students don't cause any of the crime in Hattiesburg. It is the few lazy ones that cause trouble, but only a bit.
Healthcare is excellent there, streets are very safe, no corruption (government or law enforcement, just honest people wanting a good life.
I lived there for a few years and liked it. I'm glad you stopped by. Your evaluations are always sincere and unbiased.
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usa-by-car
All our streets doesn't look like that just in the lower minority area were it doesn't get the proper attention. At one point that area were only for whites even the Hattiesburg high school. Hattiesburg have some expensive and nice properties also. Overall we are doing a good job upgrading water system sidewalks roads and next homes. Clean up abandon properties and hold people more accountable.
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All our streets doesn't look like that just in the lower minority area were it doesn't get the proper attention. At one point that area were only for whites even the Hattiesburg high school. Hattiesburg have some expensive and nice properties also. Overall we are doing a good job upgrading water system sidewalks roads and next homes. Clean up abandon properties and hold people more accountable.
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jitkundough
Hattiesburg is split between Forrest and Lamar County. You ignored half the city. I lived in Canebrake, and didn't go downtown unless it was to take the 49 bypass to Petal, to eat at El Mariachi. The Turtle Creek Mall area at 98W and Oak Grove are also upscale. Before building his place in Oloe, Favre was a neighbor at Canebrake.
Also, you missed SOUTHERN FRIED RABBIT in Columbia!
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Hattiesburg is split between Forrest and Lamar County. You ignored half the city. I lived in Canebrake, and didn't go downtown unless it was to take the 49 bypass to Petal, to eat at El Mariachi. The Turtle Creek Mall area at 98W and Oak Grove are also upscale. Before building his place in Oloe, Favre was a neighbor at Canebrake.
Also, you missed SOUTHERN FRIED RABBIT in Columbia!
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noellemartin6332
I want to thank you for a wonderful presentation of my family's hometown. I'm in my 60s, and my mother's great great grand elders migrated to Hattiesburg from South Carolina. I went there one time as a child in the 70s, and I hope to visit again. Yes! the tree line streets and woods are a wonderful site, and that's one thing I remember about it. Thank you very much
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I want to thank you for a wonderful presentation of my family's hometown. I'm in my 60s, and my mother's great great grand elders migrated to Hattiesburg from South Carolina. I went there one time as a child in the 70s, and I hope to visit again. Yes! the tree line streets and woods are a wonderful site, and that's one thing I remember about it. Thank you very much
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usa-by-car
Many of your videos, that show these rotting neighborhoods truly show how CORRUPT and dysfunctional our so called government is. We give billions and billions of our tax money to other countries, while we met our OWN people live in filth a decay. Most of the money then gets funneled back to our criminal politicians. It’s pathetic. Vote them OUT.
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Many of your videos, that show these rotting neighborhoods truly show how CORRUPT and dysfunctional our so called government is. We give billions and billions of our tax money to other countries, while we met our OWN people live in filth a decay. Most of the money then gets funneled back to our criminal politicians. It’s pathetic. Vote them OUT.
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deanmoran2023
I live in the Hattiesburg area. Hattiesburg is getting so much better. It was ranked as the 16th fastest growing city and is consistently ranked as one of the best cities in MS and one of the country’s top college towns. You should have checked out Midtown, it’s a new, modern, walkable and bustling part of town. Lovely work being done here.
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I live in the Hattiesburg area. Hattiesburg is getting so much better. It was ranked as the 16th fastest growing city and is consistently ranked as one of the best cities in MS and one of the country’s top college towns. You should have checked out Midtown, it’s a new, modern, walkable and bustling part of town. Lovely work being done here.
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raybrettman9618
Interesting. Though of Chicago I do know that town. My mom from one of those towns, Bassfield, along the trace and long ago my late brother went to and graduated from USM. But you both seem like mighty kind people. Big health and lots of laughs to you both. I do know Prentiss to so of course gonna hunt that down.
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Interesting. Though of Chicago I do know that town. My mom from one of those towns, Bassfield, along the trace and long ago my late brother went to and graduated from USM. But you both seem like mighty kind people. Big health and lots of laughs to you both. I do know Prentiss to so of course gonna hunt that down.
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TurpInTexas
Some interesting trivia, just to the east in Petal, that is the only location east of the Mississippi River where nuclear bomb testing has been done where two nuclear bombs were detonated in a salt dome. I've been to the site and there really isn't much to see, so you didn't miss anything.
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Some interesting trivia, just to the east in Petal, that is the only location east of the Mississippi River where nuclear bomb testing has been done where two nuclear bombs were detonated in a salt dome. I've been to the site and there really isn't much to see, so you didn't miss anything.
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hunterbreland6114
This video just randomly popped up on my feed. I have lived in Hattiesburg my entire life. Its a great place filled with some great people. Also maybe swing by petal one day. It is right next to hattiesburg and is a quickly growing nice town where i went to highschool.
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This video just randomly popped up on my feed. I have lived in Hattiesburg my entire life. Its a great place filled with some great people. Also maybe swing by petal one day. It is right next to hattiesburg and is a quickly growing nice town where i went to highschool.
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JojjonLewis-yq2pm
When he made the left turn from N. Main to W. 4th after leaving downtown he was talking about poverty and passed empty lots on the right. Thats where the Billionaire to be Jimmy Buffet, who recently passed away, resided while attending Southern Miss about 1970.
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When he made the left turn from N. Main to W. 4th after leaving downtown he was talking about poverty and passed empty lots on the right. Thats where the Billionaire to be Jimmy Buffet, who recently passed away, resided while attending Southern Miss about 1970.
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DaveTaylor-db6wt
One of the major appeals for retirees is healthcare with two major hospitals. One, Forrest General has over 800 beds. Hattiesburg Clinic has over 200 physicians and many other providers. Another appealing factor is recreation. It's a nice little town.
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One of the major appeals for retirees is healthcare with two major hospitals. One, Forrest General has over 800 beds. Hattiesburg Clinic has over 200 physicians and many other providers. Another appealing factor is recreation. It's a nice little town.
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kathrynt8007
If you ever get back to the southern illinois region Williamson County Has very deep history relating back to prohibition. There's a town called Carterville that has Very deep roots. And a lot of very small, tiny town surrounding it.
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If you ever get back to the southern illinois region Williamson County Has very deep history relating back to prohibition. There's a town called Carterville that has Very deep roots. And a lot of very small, tiny town surrounding it.
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bigjared8946
Nathan Bedford Forrest had a statue in Memphis that was perhaps the most befitting traitor monument out of all them. It's weird how I remember that even though history was erased 6 years ago when that fine statue came down.
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Nathan Bedford Forrest had a statue in Memphis that was perhaps the most befitting traitor monument out of all them. It's weird how I remember that even though history was erased 6 years ago when that fine statue came down.
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rubywise1760
Hi I used to live in Hattiesburg in a town called Palmer Crossing, and my mom used to work at camp Shelby during the summer when she wasn’t working at the school name, forest elementary I still have relatives living there
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Hi I used to live in Hattiesburg in a town called Palmer Crossing, and my mom used to work at camp Shelby during the summer when she wasn’t working at the school name, forest elementary I still have relatives living there
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mandamus777
If you had gone on the other side of 59 you would have seen quite a more upscale city. But that's okay, don't encourage people to come here as it is a perfect retirement town and conservative. We don't need any woke folks.
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If you had gone on the other side of 59 you would have seen quite a more upscale city. But that's okay, don't encourage people to come here as it is a perfect retirement town and conservative. We don't need any woke folks.
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lorisasser3219
Yes, please keep filming abandoned houses and talking about how backward we are in Mississippi. It helps to keep people who can never understand its beauty or appreciate the culture from ever moving here.
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Yes, please keep filming abandoned houses and talking about how backward we are in Mississippi. It helps to keep people who can never understand its beauty or appreciate the culture from ever moving here.
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user-re2tf2dq8n
Have relatives that live in Hattiesburg(by marriage, visited many times and have been in that Post office, its really neat place, the down town is really clean and those great old buildings are beautiful.
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Have relatives that live in Hattiesburg(by marriage, visited many times and have been in that Post office, its really neat place, the down town is really clean and those great old buildings are beautiful.
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John-ev3rm
I wouldn't be showing confederate monuments, there's a bunch of radicals going around demanding they be taken down because they're supposed to imply an endorsement of slavery or some such hogwash.
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I wouldn't be showing confederate monuments, there's a bunch of radicals going around demanding they be taken down because they're supposed to imply an endorsement of slavery or some such hogwash.
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edmondlau511
Spent some time in Hattiesburg due to being sent to nearby Camp Shelby thanks to the Army. Some good places there to eat. When you go to places like Hattiesburg, definitely avoid the chains.
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Spent some time in Hattiesburg due to being sent to nearby Camp Shelby thanks to the Army. Some good places there to eat. When you go to places like Hattiesburg, definitely avoid the chains.
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normanreed572
Be willing to bet that the large towns with high crime rates are governed by democrats and the small towns with very low crime rates are governed by republicans. Any comments
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Be willing to bet that the large towns with high crime rates are governed by democrats and the small towns with very low crime rates are governed by republicans. Any comments
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tsund2010
I was born in Forrest General Hospital, before my parents moved to the Coast. I ended up buying a house in Pascagoula after college because I missed the salty air so much
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I was born in Forrest General Hospital, before my parents moved to the Coast. I ended up buying a house in Pascagoula after college because I missed the salty air so much
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bobseater8861
I am Australian, after you travel the 50 states come and do the same thing in Australia. Try to find an abandoned house! There are plenty of cats here as well.
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I am Australian, after you travel the 50 states come and do the same thing in Australia. Try to find an abandoned house! There are plenty of cats here as well.
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evafitzsimmons3407
Thank you for the videos! People with low incomes might be, Irving in houses inherited from parent, therefore with no house payments they can live pretty good.
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Thank you for the videos! People with low incomes might be, Irving in houses inherited from parent, therefore with no house payments they can live pretty good.
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reginajames5107
Mississippi has a terrible water problem due to years of neglect. Will the state fix the water problem or is it in the process of fixing the state's water system
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Mississippi has a terrible water problem due to years of neglect. Will the state fix the water problem or is it in the process of fixing the state's water system
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Bear-of1on
Yeah what a great addition to some obscure dank Mississippi alleys. adorn it with skeletons, spirits and monsters. making for. a frightful stroll. Love this series
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Yeah what a great addition to some obscure dank Mississippi alleys. adorn it with skeletons, spirits and monsters. making for. a frightful stroll. Love this series
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chancecurry4176
I'm from Hattiesburg! Thanks for stopping by. You should've visited the Lucky Rabbit. It was right around the corner from Hattiesburger.
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I'm from Hattiesburg! Thanks for stopping by. You should've visited the Lucky Rabbit. It was right around the corner from Hattiesburger.
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usa-by-car
I wonder if the reason for the low marital rates in the poorest areas is due to people receiving more food stamp benefits if you’re single
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I wonder if the reason for the low marital rates in the poorest areas is due to people receiving more food stamp benefits if you’re single
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jameswebb4593
Are humans edited out of these podcasts. Has America actually become the worlds first entirely AI nation. Cars only allowed in towns,
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Are humans edited out of these podcasts. Has America actually become the worlds first entirely AI nation. Cars only allowed in towns,
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temporarysaint740
Rails to Trails are in several spots in North Eastern Pennsylvania. Some of the towns are Luzerne, Dallas, White Haven, Jim Thorpe.
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Rails to Trails are in several spots in North Eastern Pennsylvania. Some of the towns are Luzerne, Dallas, White Haven, Jim Thorpe.
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TomBTerrific
Cost of living isn’t reflected in the price of hamburgers. ($12-15. Nice looking town at least in the area you drove through.
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Cost of living isn’t reflected in the price of hamburgers. ($12-15. Nice looking town at least in the area you drove through.
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