Jackson Jambalaya

Trying to do any sort of business in Jackson is a exercise in futility. The infrastructure is in shambles, the leadership is low IQ, and the crime is absolutely outrageous. But that's the way Democrats run things.

@ 11:31- "the way democrats run things." Maybe you should look beyond your own limited view. Out here in Colorado, we democrats are running things just fine.

No days off for Madison Jackson haters Highland Village, Whole Foods, Starbucks, Rogue, District at Eastover and the busiest Smoothie King in the city are doing just fine.

@11:56 I don't think you understood 11:31's comment in the proper context.... perhaps the weed has slowed your mental processing.

Trying to do any sort of business in Mississippi is an exercise in futility. The infrastructure is in shambles, the leadership is low IQ, and the crime is absolutely outrageous. But that's the way Republican run things.

@11:56 AM - that is just the opposite of what my many friends in Colorado tell me, so either you are a troll, or you have brain damage from choking on left-wing koolaid.

Bless your heart.

...Highland Village, Whole Foods, Starbucks, Rogue, District at Eastover and the busiest Smoothie King in the city are doing just fine.

Jackson FY19/20 Q1 sales tax diversion receipts down -4.2%. Look it up.

@12:41
Nice try, except notice Rankin County. Look at Flowood, Brandon, Pearl, Richland, Florence, etc., all functional and prosperous. The only exception is Pelahatchie and their nutjob mayor.

First 12:41 comment re Republicans... thanks for that. LOL. Otherwise, seems I've read/heard this story two different ways. One says the Fortification location will be a Corner Market (upper echelon), the other says Grocery Depot (lower echelon). Does anyone know which is correct, or did I just get it wrong? I'm excited about Corner Market coming in. If they're good enough for Robert St. John, they're good enough for me! Was never too impressed with the current owners. They did not run as good an operation as Nancy and Greg McDade did.

I disagree. The English Village store is much cleaner and brighter than it was under the McDade's. You can actually walk down the aisles without being forced to play twister. The main aisles are no longer cluttered with gargantuan displays. That deli is a moneymaker and the new owners had the sense to leave it alone.

Maywood Mart stayed about the same.

Cutbacks in SNAP/EBT benefits are really going to hurt any grocery store in Jackson.

I long for the good ol days of Jitney Jungle, Sunflower,S&H Stamps and other good Mississippi companies.

Wow! Just saw this morning that the Pizza Hut between Walmart and Northpark Mall has shut down. That was the cornerstone Hut for the metro area. Bye Bye

All these negative comments.... this is great news for Jackson and surrounding towns. If they turn the McDades into anything like the Corner Market in Hattiesburg, Jackson will be in for a treat. The Corner Market in Hattiesburg is amazing. I take a cooler down whenever I’m in the Hub City.
What’s wrong with Jackson is all these negative people and negative comments.

@4:46 I think the crime and chlamydia is “what’s wrong with Jackson” but maybe some hugs and Avocado toast will fix it.

@2:22pm Get off my lawn!

Bunch of lip-smacking going on. If you are only a naysayer for Jackson or only interested in blaming the political side you don't like, you're part of the problem. Unless of course you don't actually live in Jackson and are blowing out hot air about something that's obviously none of your concern or business.

@9:08AM
Sounds to me like you are loitering around the wrong place. Maybe you should go read JFP if you want rainbows and positivity. We are under no delusions about the state of Jackson.

@2:45 pm

So what? Maybe you haven't noticed, but Pizza Hut has been scaling down and closing most of their older sit-down restaurants all over the area as part of their current delivery/carryout only business model. This one was overdue.

@ 2:45
I moved here in 2016 from Chattanooga and the pizza huts there had need downsizing for carry out way before Mississippi. Seems you guys were 10 years behind