[V_TWIN]

Until the feral animals discover it.

[dfwgator]

They deserve a Laurel, and hardy handshake.

[Roadrunner383]

Steve Forbert ‘Going Down To Laurel’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2CI1al6qcs

[dljordan]

Where’s the ‘affordable’ housing going to be?

[spankalib]

Thanks for posting this!

I sent an email to Jeffrey Blackard, who heads up a school of design called "Neoretroism" (I heard him on the local Bob Jones show here in Corpus some time ago)...I don't know exactly, but it seems like the ideas of neoretroism dovetail very nicely with these beautifying concepts. I love this stuff,

...and I despise despise despise brutalism, which is Bauhaus (ugly enough!) on steroids.

Commies want to make everything ugly.

[citizen]

After all, how do beauty, civic pride, and national heritage come into play when diversity, equity, and inclusion are on the table?

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Liberals ruin everything with their kneejerk-control-freak obsessions.

[Islander7]

My ancestors settled most of what became northern Jones and southern Jasper counties in the 1830s. That area includes the current city of Laurel. The region fell on hard times in the 70s from mismanagement, collapse of crude oil production, and the young folks leaving. The Napiers have brought life back to the town. I never dreamed it would attract tourists.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Played at a wedding there many moons ago.

[faucetman]

Hometown of Marsha Blackburn.

Watched many episodes of Hometown, but they slid off into featuring too many gay and Lesbian couples.

I will no longer support their show. I refuse to watch it.

The husband is a sweathog, sweat soaking/drenching his T-shirts. The wife does amateurish water color drawings of every renovation, thinking she is an artist and that anyone would want her stupid childish drawings.

[GaryCrow]

I live about 35 miles north of Laurel. The attention from the TV show has brought some much needed improvements to Laurel but I still wouldn't say it's nice. I get a chuckle out of seeing tourists actually making it a destination, I wouldn't drive hundreds of miles to see it. It's not as run down as it was 20 years ago but it's still kind of a dump. The downtown area has been spruced up and it's got some nice shops & restaurants.

Mississippi is a very rural state and truth be told it really doesn't have many nice towns or cities. I live here because I love the country, abundant nature and slow pace of life while generally not having to worry about the latest scheme some lefty has come up with to "help" me. I live in an old 1890's farmhouse I've remodeled on 220 acres and as I type this I'm looking out my window at my pond, I can't see another house from mine. I travel a lot and when I want the trappings of civilization I go somewhere else.

[married21]

I love this return to beauty. Especially I love that the people doing it are not asking the public or the government for handouts for the revitalization. They are just doing it.

[rxh4n1]

Steve Forbert had a diffrent opinion:

Well, I’m goin’ down to Laurel
It’s a dirty stinkin’ town, yeah
But me I know exactly what I’m going to find
Little girl I’m goin’ to see
She is a fool for lovin’ me
But she’s in love and love’s a funny state of mind