Vanity: Input on Tupelo, MS Area

Self

[Georgia Girl 2]

Dude if you are from up North the culture shock is going to kill you. There is no good place in Tupelo, MS. LOL!

[MamaB]

I am from a small town about 25-30 miles south of Tupelo. The area has good schools, shopping and the medical services are among the best in the state. The Natchez Trace runs through it. If you have never been on it, go. It runs from Natchez to Nashville. It is a 2 lane scenic route which follows an old Indian trail. The speed limit is 50 mph and no trucks are allowed. When I go down, I get on it in Cherokee. AL. I love driving on it. Go online and look up the Tupelo paper for more info. Many entertainers go there. Good luck.

[MamaB]

My daughter and I went through there a few days after he died. His house is off hwy 78. We had never seen so many flowers. It is a shotgun house which usually means you can look in the front door and see out the back door. My cousin’s wife grew up with Elvis.

[Tupelo]

I love Tupelo. People are friendly and wecoming. Tupelo is a city of about 40,000 that thinks and acts like city 10 times that big.
Lee County is pretty Damn good also.
Taxes are low as well as crime.
Politics are conservative Republican and Mississippi Democrat. Pretty well mixed.
Weather SUCKS. Cold wet winters and hot humid summers. I would still be there if not for my arthritis. Desert is more friendly toward to arthritis.

[voicereason]

Thanks for the input, much appreciated.

[houeto]

Why not just type Tupelo MS into your search engine and voila! a literal plethora of facts are unveiled for your perusal.

Surely you are not that dense. The poster is asking for info in order to LIVE there, not what is there to do for a fun visit. I would want to be given warnings on what to avoid from FRiends 'in the know'.

Back to your seat please.

[Cedar]

Tupelo is considered one of the better places to live in that region. Not as popular as Oxford and certainly not as active. Just remember this is the South. We Southerners love it, but it can be very different from other parts of the country. You might try renting a house for a year or two and get the feel of it. I was born and reared in MS, moved to another state next door. But I sure miss my home town and state. I wish you the best whatever you decide.

[HomerBohn]

Well, it all sounded like good information.

[houeto]

One thing that you’ll enjoy for sure is the fact that we just became a ‘constitutional carry’ state!

[wardaddy]

Far more blacks than you are likely used to unless you are one and even then

It’s fairly prosperous

The hilly northeast corner of the state

Conservative whites around 80-90%

Blacks who make up I guess around 25-30% in Lee County are much better behaved and hospitable than in Jackson or Nashville where I live

You’ll likely need private school if you have kids but it’s cheap compared to big cities

It’s slow small town Mississippi

Very conservative

A bit class conscious....southern waspishness

A little white trash

Redneck is sort of a 1960s thing

Hunting and boating abound

You go to Memphis or Birmingham or Nashville all 2-3 hours away or Jackson for city stuff

The Gulf Coast is about 5-6 hours which is good

Great house for cheap and with land if you want

Oxford is 50 miles and it’s a cool town for food and Faulkner and gurl watching

If the job is worth it then it should suit you since you post here

More folks there who’d support this forum than in Pennsylvania

[houeto]

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