Our family farm is in SW Mississippi, not too far from Natchez. I’ve lived there or visited there for many years. The Delta area, however, where you are looking, has never been a great part of the State. Stay away. If you are thinking of buying a house in a “bad” part of a town there, go ahead and buy a cemetery plot, too. That might well be the only purchase your family will thank you for.
If you had not asked what I consider such a silly question, I’d tell you where there is a nice house in that price range in my part of the State that some folks from our church are moving out of. I’m not trying to be a jerk, but your attitude is downright scary.
You think being “nice” to the neighbors would work? If you have lived your life in N.Y., as Pollard hints you won’t be able to even talk to the neighbors. I don’t know how many stories I could tell of people, especially northerners, who needed a translator. One visiting friend insisted on buying me lunch. I let the conversation between the friend (from New York City) go back and forth a few minutes before I stepped in and translated enough to get the bill paid. They were all smiles, and as we left, the cashier asked my friend, “You aren’t from around here, are you?”
You are a Freeper and I’m sure you are a fine person. Trust me, you are not ready for life in the Mississippi Delta.
But I could make them cookies!!!