Originally Posted by IronPlant
it really depends. There are things that I really like about this state. I will openly admit that I don't care to terribly much for everyone that lives here. Most adults are either slobish idiots, or bible thumping idiots. Neither of which do I have any desire to talk to. But the nice thing about mississippi is because of its small population, those people are easy to ignore.
I like the atmosphere of this state. I like how towns die at 8 pm. I like taking long walks at night through a dead city, all the while listening to old elvis music blaring from a gas station's loud speaker. I enjoy all the unbridled nature one sees while driving. I like the old buildings from the 50s and 60s. I like how easy it is to get away from people and to be left alone. I like eating fresh fried catfish with iced sweet tea and cornbread. I like all the blues festivals that are held in Clarksdale. I like how in a day's drive I can go to Memphis, Atlanta or Panama City. I like how the most racist asshole will loan money to anyone or help fix a flat. I like all my aunts and uncles and hearing about the things they know, about growing peas, and the depression, and how one of them played in a band that Elvis saw when he was only 10 or 11.
maybe MS doesn't have nightclubs and amusement parks and arcades and other things to waste money on. I don't really care about that shit. I'm not 15 anymore. Maybe I do have to drive 20/30 minutes to get a new set of guitar strings. I can either enjoy the drive or order a box of strings off the internet. I don't need everything I want the instant I desire it. And IMO anyone that does is a bit childish. I also think that anyone that spazzes out about being surrounded by stupid people is a bit childish too. You shouldn't let it bother you that others do not meet your own personal standards.
But no, I don't plan to live my entire life here. I can't. There are no jobs here for what I want to go into. Hopefully I can either retire here, or make enough money to have a vacation house or something at a lake. I'd also like to someday hold a public office and help the state. Someone needs to break the stranglehold that a few businesses have here. They abuse the stupidity and faith of those around them to keep out new businesses and factories that could bring in money and keep the interest of the more intelligent.