Jackson Jambalaya

Don't expect the same level of population growth in Madco or Stankin over the next 8-10 years. Pretty much everyone who can escape Kush has already fled.

There’s not a hill of beans difference between Ridgeland and Clinton based on this census. Considering the built in advantages Ridgeland has, Gene should be impeached.

Are Gluckstadt and Lake Caroline and surrounding neighborhoods incorporated into any of this data?
Lots of white population growth and new homes out there . . . .

I don't know. Are they in a county?

Hey, where's the Raymond stats?

Quick facts doesn't include data for towns less than 5,000

1:31 Dramatic much?
If you don't like Gene, move to Jackson. You'll change your tune! Selfish and spoiled and have no idea how lucky y'all are.

Clinton’s demise has been greatly exaggerated. It’s a sleepy Baptist college town and it’s not for everybody but a lot of us like living here. And I’m 10 minutes from Costco on the Trace.

I agree with @2:09 and to paraphrase @1:58: if you don't like Fisher, move your butt to Jackson or Marytown - we won't miss you.

1:31 PM
But who would replace him?

@2:09 PM If you can make it to Costco from Clinton in 10 minutes are you speeding big time. You must be one of the yahoos who tailgates and then passes in a no passing zone on a curve. Bless your heart.

I've the pleasure of knowing Gene Magee twenty plus years. He has been a financially responsible, creative (albeit not entirely perfect) Mayor who has planned well and taken good care of Ridgeland.

Compare Magee's Public Works, Police, Parks & Recreation and business development to the status of Ridgeland 25 years ago or against the rotting shambles of Jackson.

I'm happy to spend money in Ridgeland where that city is safe and well managed.

2:09 :Lived in that sardine can with the really ugly under belly they like to hide. Worst fast food service next to Byram anywhere in this state....

3:16. that person must live right near the trace and can be on it in less than a minute. it takes me 15 minutes to costco and i live in clinton and drive the 10 miles at 55mph. only slightly speeding. clinton isn’t far from renaissance at all

1:31- Clinton has, inspite of Jackson Public School transplants, maintained an excellent school system. Both Clinton & Ridgeland allowed too many apartments & apartment dwellers. In spite of excellent elected officials & police departments, crime is increasing & not necessarily violent crime- littering, reckless driving, speeding & running red lights are a problem. Lake Harbor Drive is dangerous to travel. Walk Ons and several other businesses are attracting the wrong crowd!

I’ve heard Buster us the term CAVE (citizens against
Virtually EVERYTHING)—-I have NO AXE to grind but I think he’s on to sumthin—-it seems that no matter WHAT is proposed in and around Chimneyville a number (how many?) of VERY VOCAL people are ALWAYS against it—sumtimes they’re right —MOST of the time “they” seems to be jealous harpies tryin to kill anything which upsets the status quo 😳😩

Crime has gone down in Clinton. Check the stats. Posted on city website.

More revealing than any of this info is the status of the public schools. It will determine growth, income, crime, everything.

Who the hell judges a city by fast food service?!

Jackson will be sub 135k by 2030.

9.7 miles door to door from NE Clinton to Costco. And we don't have gang wars at our restaurants. I only venture over there in the morning.

3:56...the fast foodie complainer. You might be in a better mood if you laid off the trans fats instead of complaining about the service of them.

You can take very fast food joint in my county and chunk them in the river and I won't lose a minute's sleep.

Well 1:30, that's good to hear, because we sure don't want your low level standards of living to impact ours by even .0001 percent.

Beside we can read the jealousy in your pitiful little attempt at being spiteful and everyone knows that you'd stay in the cesspool that jackson is, just to be called "progressive"!!!!!

Class, can we please proof read our comments before posting. I feel like I'm reading rants from Mississippians.

Crime in Clinton might have went down since there’s cameras everywhere. But then again the useless cops in Clinton hate writing reports on certain crimes.

I thought they changed the name of Ridgeland to Rentland.

But ask Andrew Mattice, Rentland needs more apartments.

4:06 is absolutely correct!
I have a friend who moved to Clinton bc of schools … they are thriving academically, extracurricularly and spiritual and the family couldn’t be happier….we are in Madison at MRA and feel the same way . Both are great places to be

Please present the current real estate mileage rates for each municipality.

@10:49 the muni millage rates are offered up here frequently. Just five days ago in fact.

You'll have to calculate the mileage rates yourself.

5:02 : I don't eat fast food. I do think you can judge a community by its customer service ! My info is gathered by listening. BYRAM and CLINTON are rife with lazy, bad attitude food service workers who frankly hate serving you 13/15 an hour. Says a lot about the community at large.

@10:49 PM - you will have to go to IRS.GOV to learn the approved mileage rates.

This blog-site repetitively assumes that population increases in Madison and Rankin are due to 'people escaping Jackson'.

Is that necessarily true? If so, how is that information obtained? My family moved to Madison-The City, and we did not come out of Jackson. Nor did anybody survey us to ask from where we had moved? As a matter of fact, most of the neighbors that moved into my subdivision after we did had not lived in Jackson.

If you want to assume something, that's fine. Just be honest and state it's an assumption.

If you live in Jackson move to Eastover/Leftover area. Great properties, and over the last 10+ years I've lived there I have never experienced any crime personally. Lived in Fondren for 30+ was robbed once (the broke into parked car when I was gone), and had 2 people try to break into cars at house. Obviously my experience is not everyone's but I do tend to see people overblow the reality of crime in the nicer parts of Jackson. Most of the crime remains isolated to downtown & beyond area in my experience

8:33 AM Good point.

@8:33 AM - Exactly. We moved to Madison the City from another state.

8:16 you think all of the people working at Rally's in Ridgeland or Sonic in Byram are actually from Ridgeland or Byram? Please tell me you are not that stupid. If you get bad service at Burger King, that is a management issue and a lack of labor supply issue, not which side of the border you live on.

Walk in any chain retailer in Madison the city and you will see employees staring at mobile devices followed by a look of condescension that they might actually have to put it down and work.

I will have to agree with 2:09pm that Clinton is a sleepy college town! I grew up there and it refuses to progress with new businesses with the exception of the schools. I loved the schools and skating rink. That’s about it lol

The whole Metro has its ups and downs but they are great places to live. From reading the commits every area has it charm but it not for everyone. Find the area with your charm and don’t worry about the rest and you will be just find. I stay outside the metro because that’s my charm.

Belhaven, Belhaven Heights, and the Fondren would be fantastic neighborhoods to live at if not for the:

Extremely high crime in general
Violent crime
Vagrants
Commie mayor
Pot holes with their own zipcodes
Unreliable water
Frequent boil water notices
Sewage issues
High property taxes
High vehicle registration fees

What did I leave out?

I think Jackson’s water is the safest in the Metro area because MDSH requires them to issue a boil water notice every time there is a water break. The surrounding cities and associations have water breaks frequently but are not required to publicly issue a boil water notice. This is very interesting…….