State Survivor Round 12: Mississippi

This one should be unanimous

To the one person on 16, are you holding out for Nebraska?

respectfully, 20

I was driving through Mississippi yesterday and was getting endless "speed check ahead" warnings on the map program. The state DOT and troopers were apparently running some kind of operation targeting trucks. I saw 7 or 8 of them pulled over driving the 76 miles across it on I-10. Mississippi isn't all bad. Almost everyone I know from there is at least pretty cool. They are the cradle of Delta Blues and great steel guitar players. There's a list of great musicians and entertainers different people on here probably like. Robert Johnson, Jimmy Buffett, B.B. King, Hayley Williams, Zoogma, Cassandra Wilson, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, etc. There's a lot of ignorance and poverty as would be expected in a deep south state. The Gulf Coast is pretty cool though you have to go to the barrier islands to find better water since the Mississippi River pretty much just drains off that way. They have decent casinos in Biloxi. Jackson is a literary haven. Our own Dr. Browell hails from coastal Jackson County. So that's a good thing going for it. People can cook there, and the soul food can be delicious and comforting. Smothered greens, fried chicken, pork chops, candied yams, etc. It's not that it's healthy, it just tastes good.

i’m glad we found one thing most of Inforoo can agree on: mississippi is a shithole

Louisiana was always so happy Mississippi was around. Meant we weren’t at the bottom of all the best lists.

New Orleans is the ONLY thing that gets LA any higher.

When in Rome.

Indiana is easily the worst state I’ve spent any time in. It’s like god specifically curated the most uninteresting place possible.

Indiana does suck, but the Indianapolis Children’s Museum is fantastic, and Deer Creek is a great place to catch a show.

I agree with this sentiment so I’m on #16. Mississippi is pretty bad but it’s still got the gulf coast and SEC football