MISSISSIPPI: The Poorest Towns In The USA's Poorest State - Forgotten, Dying Places In The Delta

It’s always so creepy in these small towns how you see cars and homes but never see any people 😳

Low crime could mean; there is nothing left to steal!

I really appreciate you covering these small, nearly forgotten towns. I have lived in the deep South my entire 50 years and it absolutely never fails to amaze me the vast amount of generational poverty and decay. Heartbreaking when you consider these were vital, thriving, living and breathing towns at one point, not really so long ago. It seems like they degrade to a certain point, and finally the few remaining residents just give up on keeping up the town and their homes. The ones that can afford to, leave and all that is left is a aging population that is unable to afford to keep a town up and are not physically able to do it themselves.

The lack of people is so strange. Where I live, even dying small towns still have people out in the street, gardening, walking dogs, maintaining their homes, etc etc.

Mississippi born and bred. I’m from this area. This is one of my hometowns. Lived here from 12 years old to freshman or sophomore year in college. Then moved to the next town Marks. The county has been poorly ran since I can remember. The same politicians have been in office all of my life. That’s another story. But yeah. I appreciate my upbringing. It made me appreciate life and the opportunities that have come my way. Thanks for shining a light on a place that had much potential but gets put on the back burner year after year.

Sat next to Charlie pride on a plane to Germany. He was going to sing at the NCO clubs for the military. Fell in love with his voice and his wonderful personality. Very humble man.

love how he says 'downtown' and there is not one open shop or person to be seen. these videos are amazing. the world is always changing.

I don't care who you are, when people from that area see you driving down the road, THEY WAVE at you. Some of the friendliest folks in the world. And...I was in a funeral procession in Batesville, and the traffic pulled over and men standing outside their cars with their hats over their hearts....out of sheer respect.....and the young folks are brought up with "Yes Sir, No Maam"...That's the Mississippi Delta I saw, know and love....

I am from the ms delta, my mom lives in Tchula, MS, in a little community on horseshoe lake. This brings tears to my eyes because growing up in the delta you don't really see how poverty stricken these places are until you leave. I wish somehow we could revive these places, I love the delta, I miss home.

I’m proud to be from Mississippi. Taught many of us to work hard and always go get what you want. Mount Olive, MS 🤠💪🏾

Greetings from NYC. I've heard of Mississippi but wasn't sure where it was on the map. Then my job sent me there on a 3-day assignment (attend the funeral of a retiree). I couldn't believe and was astonished by how wonderful the people there were. A sheriff suggested I buy a house near him and his family. Despite being a poor state, they make up for it in character. I'll never say a negative work about Mississippi.

Two slight corrections, the Muddy Waters song was “Rolling Stone” (not “Like a Rolling Stone” which is Bob Dylan). Second, Muddy didn’t play electric guitar with a band until he moved to Chicago. For bonafides, my band did gigs opening for Muddy and other great blues musicians in the early 70s.

We lived in MS for several years. My husband was a pilot stationed at Keesler AFB in Gulfport after serving two tours in Vietnam (he's since passed long ago). Yet, while living in MS we explored everything we could as we were absolutely fascinated by this state with such amazing rich history. The Delta, indeed, was home to rock and roll...PLUS, jazz. Such as Son House, John Lee Hooker, Junior Parker, Ike Turner, Eddie Boyd, Sam Cooke, Muddy Waters, Pinetop Perkins, Earl Hooker, Lil Green, Big Jack Johnson and the list goes on. Just being able to have had the opportunity to live within this amazing state was an enormous blessing that we could never forget. The people of MS are the best, kindest folks we'd ever met. Just thinking of all those we'd met... I can hardly breathe. We thank God to have had such a wonderful opportunity. Sir, your videos are beyond wonderful. Yet, regarding MS no matter how well it's shown in pictures or videos it doesn't compare to actually being there. My husband was originally from TX...me, from Detroit. MS, from the moment we first got there was etched within our hearts forever. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing videos. Much Respect to you... 💖😼😼

YAY! Back in rural Mississippi!! Thanks for sharing the rich history of the Delta!!

I am from Crowder! Which is one town east of Lambert. I love this place, and it fills my heart with joy to see this while at the same time I am also saddened. I accept it for what it is. It is home to me, and I love and always feel refreshed coming back visiting! Thank you for coming through and visiting!

I had the same sad experience. We came from Sweden looking for music. Old historic music venues are empty or shuttered and felt like they were in the middle of nowhere. Good thing we started in Nashville! We adored Mississippi though. The people are very relaxed and friendly and can chat all day.

Drove through this area last year when tracing the blues trail from NOLA to Memphis. Its was fascinating, inspiring and deeply depressing all at the same time. Such deep roots in culture, but such poverty and so few prospects.

How the hell did I just happen to click on a random video and immediately recognized my hometown?! First, there is a lot of rich history that you apparently don’t know. Such as the reason that town went to hell in a hand basket. One of the biggest contributors was when Garan, a large manufacturing plant for Fruit of The Loom or Haynes shut down, and a huge portion of the town became unemployed and a lot less cash in circulation. In the early ‘80’s that town looked a lot like The Sandlot movie. We had baseball games and parades during the summer. Around the early ‘90’s is when it all fell apart. Our grocery store shut down, they removed all the stop lights and replaced them with stop signs. We had to travel to Marks just to get groceries. Main St., or “downtown” as you called it, was a thriving business area until the old man that owned the warehouse on the end was murdered by 3 guys trying to rob the place. After that, the stores on Main just started closing down. The school, Southside, didn’t have air conditioners in the 80’s so our summer vacation would last 4 to 5 months.

Dystopic indeed... Greetings from Tuscany (Italy)

Greenville, MS.. Born and raised.. Still love it.. Im 34