Shrinking cities. Jackson is 6th. (Madison: homes, to live, legal)

[Neshomamench]

Pretty much what a lot of people here say over and over again. People dont want to be here. There are so many other options. Home grown talent leaves and it is very hard to get talent to come here. It is heartbreaking. I look around the Madison area and like a lot of people I think "This is nice, as nice as many other places..." Then like a lot of other people I think, how long will it last?


https://homes.yahoo.com/blogs/spaces...202450108.html

6. Jackson, Mississippi
Population: 171,155
Loss over the past year: 1 percent

Like Manhattan, Jackson's fate is tied to that of its state. "The inability to retain and attract people who have the option to live elsewhere is, and always has been, Mississippi's defining challenge," writes Jake McGraw, public policy coordinator at Mississippi-based advocacy organization William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation and the editor of Rethink Mississippi.

He continues: "Simply put, Mississippi has too few urban and economic magnets to keep the people we have, much less bring in new ones. More people than ever seek out metropolitan areas for professional and cultural opportunities that rural life cannot offer."

[GrandviewGloria]

Very interesting article!

And beyond what Jake McGraw described, the state is downright hostile to so many people. Too many groups feel threatened, by both the legal climate and the social climate.