Talk to me about Moss Point, MS

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I've got a friend born and raised there, but she won't tell me a thing about her childhood except she "escaped" from there.

[Radical Activist]

1. That's where they keep..."those" people.

Kidding. I know nothing about the town.

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2. To hear her talk,

I get the idea it's full of horrors that have blanked her early memories.

[Radical Activist]

3. I know a lot of people who feel that way about their home town.

It may not be such a big deal.

[trof]

4. Well, it was pretty nice before Katrina.

Ain't much left of the place now.
I think a lot of NOLA folks had vacation homes there.

[Shell Beau]

5. It is in south Mississippi. It was devastated by Katrina.

Other than that, maybe she is glad that she got out because it is a small town. I haven't heard anything bad about Moss Point. I knew a guy from there who loved it.

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6. Hmm. It's been at least ten years since she was there.

But I know she talks about her parents still in the same area. Might have to ask her about if they were affected by it.

Still, I wonder what it's like for a kid there. She seems to want to completely ignore it, or at least not to share it with me.

[pitohui]

7. there is nothing to tell

it's not too far from the casinos tho so there's that

[MountainLaurel]

8. I have relatives there

An aunt- and uncle-in-law. I've been there a few times to visit. It's near Pascagoula, just off the interstate and near the mouth of a river delta and bayou. Seemed like your normal racially and socially segregated sort of small town to me. From what I gather, it's a very red community. There are some pretty houses among the Spanish moss, and some not so pretty where the poorer people live. There's a grocery store where the display of pork rinds is bigger than the produce section (I shit you not). But at the same store, you can buy rabbit and duck in the freezer section. Katrina did a lot of damage both through wind and flooding. There was a small fish market that is now a mud hole, and bridges that hadn't been fixed as of June.

[spacelady]

9. Some very weird things have happend there. My personal experience

was devastating & I only peripherally worked there. I am sure there are some good, honest people living there, but alas, I did not meet them. "Escaped" sounds about right.

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10. The combination image I get from responses #7, #8, and #9

is probably enough to foster my friend's silence about the place. She's got a fantastic, active mind and a vision as broad as the horizon. I suspect leaving and not looking back is something she did for her own future and sanity.

Someday maybe I'll pass through and give it a once-over myself.

Thanks for the responses.