Where is California's "Mississippi Delta"? (Los Angeles, Sacramento: high crime, homes)

[Chris Balducci]

A place where most people live in poverty, depending on the government for financial support (welfare, social security, farm subsidies, etc.).
A place where most people historically worked in agriculture and, due to the mechanization of farm labor, there is now a surplus of unemployed people.
A place with a high crime rate.
A place where substance abuse is high because a lot of people don't have anything better to do.
A place where the air is polluted with chemicals used in agriculture.
A place where the summers are long and hot.
A place where schools perform poorly, usually because most students come from families where education DOESN'T begin at home.
A place where the "best and brightest" have been leaving for decades.
A place full of abandoned buildings.

[nullgeo]

The Los Angeles suburbs of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.

[Curmudgeon]

Why? Is that where you want to move?

There are small, depressed and quaint delta towns south of Sacramento enough to meet all your needs and preconceived expectations.

[Fontucky]

That guy posts here more than he does in the MS forum.

Which is understandable, after having spent a Summer in MS.

[nullgeo]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

Why? Is that where you want to move?

There are small, depressed and quaint delta towns south of Sacramento enough to meet all your needs and preconceived expectations.

Hey, I like the funky Sacramento Delta and its little towns ... like Isleton, Rio Vista, Walnut Grove ... a lot!

But maybe you meant Stockton and Lodi?

[nullgeo]

Originally Posted by Fontucky

That guy posts here more than he does in the MS forum.

Which is understandable, after having spent a Summer in MS.

Yeah. And I'm getting suspicious he ain't in Mississippi either, but lives under a bridge in California ...

[Chris Balducci]

I already live in the "real" Mississippi Delta, so I have no desire to move to California's version of it, which I think exists somewhere in the San Joaquin Valley.

[nullgeo]

Originally Posted by Chris Balducci

I already live in the "real" Mississippi Delta, so I have no desire to move to California's version of it, which I think exists somewhere in the San Joaquin Valley.

Ok. Just curious: what IS your interest in California? You ask a lot of questions that some folks would consider "leading". Just fascinated with California because ... ?

Because it's about as opposite Mississippi as you can get?

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by nullgeo

Hey, I like the funky Sacramento Delta and its little towns ... like Isleton, Rio Vista, Walnut Grove ... a lot!

But maybe you meant Stockton and Lodi?

Oh, I like them fine. Spent a lot of time in them while living in Sacramento for almost 2 years. Stockton, Lodi, Galt, Modesto, where are they?

Funky is fine and fun.

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Chris Balducci

I already live in the "real" Mississippi Delta, so I have no desire to move to California's version of it, which I think exists somewhere in the San Joaquin Valley.

Then why ask? Contemplating your evacuation route for the next big hurricane and want to minimize homesickness?