Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I'm completely unfamiliar with that area, is there a demand for that there? Which towns to leave off of the route? Seems Oxford is too close to I-55 and Columbus too far south.
I-14 is a proposed route to run from Augusta and eventually to Hattiesburg, Natches, and end in Alexandria.
Mississippi included, this whole country needs new infrastructure.
I do know much about the demand down there either. It just seems to me that Mississippi is lacking infrastructure as a whole. I'm assuming overall that you would know more than me.
I do agree that we need better and newer infrastructure everywhere, which would make for an interesting thread in and of itself .
I do know much about the demand down there either. It just seems to me that Mississippi is lacking infrastructure as a whole. I'm assuming overall that you would know more than me.
I do agree that we need better and newer infrastructure everywhere, which would make for an interesting thread in and of itself .
The only parts of Mississippi I am familiar with is Natchez and the Delta. I've never been to Tupelo, Oxford, or the rest of the area.
I remember hearing about I-22.
I think Mississippi will be a state will great smaller towns. Natchez is a pretty city, as well as Bay St. Louis, Ocean Springs, Oxford, Tupelo, Meridian (I think), and Memphis suburbs.
Jackson.... well I don't know what to say about the city proper. It starts with leadership..
There seems to be some correlation (inexact as it may be) between large metropolitan areas and prosperity--at least in the South. Although I have never been in either, I suspect Mississippi and Alabama share many similarities. Yet I think it is the presence of Birmingham (versus Jackson) which makes some of the difference in one prospering and the other not. Young people are attracted to major cities/metro areas because of more plentiful jobs and the cultural amenities more commonly found in those settings. Of course there may be other reasons, as some have stated. One southern exception to this idea appears to be South Carolina, which seems to be booming without a major metro area. (Of course what with the current situation with the union workers in the Seattle area, Boeing's presence in SC may greatly expand in the coming years). And take West Virginia. No major metro area. It is the only state with a smaller population now than seventy years ago. Coal jobs largely went away, but there was no large city to draw some of those workers who had to leave the state entirely.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
