Jackson Jambalaya

A lie. Only black people burglarize homes in NE Jackson. Libs will go to any extent to make you think otherwise.

Not funny. All of this crap is serious and getting worse, regardless of political affiliation. Don't open your door for no God Damned body!

Wow, this is a terrible thing. After harping on house alarms on the Eastover robbery topic, it makes me realize even that will not help in all situations. People, be safe and don't unlock your door unless you know who it is. Isn't it sad things have gotten to this point?

Saw in the news a guy was arrested outside the White House, saying he just wanted to fire a few shots. "What is Gipson doing up there," I wondered.

A white guy committed a crime? In Jackson? Wow.

Creepy ass cracker? So, they know he was gay too and have wanted to rape children!

I like to make fun of jackson as much as the next guy. But things have really gotten out of hand. Something has to be done. From what people around town have told me, and from what I've been seeing on Facebook and twitter, there have been many, many more home robberies and carjackings than the media and kingfish have been able to report on. Things have gotten bad. This is worse than the mid 90s. The thugs just have no fear of the law, or of citizens. I say cut the TV out of jails, and we bring back roadside chain gangs and teach em what hard work is about.

I almost feel bad for the remaining northeast jackson residents. They decided to ride the ship down. And now their houses aren't worth a shit, and they're stuck there. This is only the beginning too. Things will get worse.

As a black Conservative columnist said this week," 50% of the murders are committed by 3% of the population." That 3% is a 100% democrat. So the rest of the murders are mostly committed by whites and Hispanics. And of those 96% are democrat. So if we get rid of democrats we decrease murders by 96%. So my advise is to lock up all registered democrats. Less democrats mean less crime. Less attorneys. Less government assistance. Democrats don't like guns and gun laws in the hands of law abiding citizens. So lets make them happy. We won't need to carry guns if their are no democrats on the streets to rob and murder. It's amazing how simple the solution is. No Justice No Peace!!!

Yep. Lock up the opposing political party. If Hitler did it, then it must be a good idea!

Please support your assertion that things are as bad as 90s.

And also on your comment..."I almost feel bad for the remaining northeast jackson residents. They decided to ride the ship down. And now their houses aren't worth a shit, and they're stuck there. This is only the beginning too. Things will get worse."

I am so tired of the f'n sanctimony from Jackson haters. I live there. I like it. I can afford to live anywhere. Someone is building a house behind me and renovating 2 houses on my street. Quit with the doom and gloom.

Can a suspect be charged with an "armed robbery," if done with a non-lethal stun gun?

@7:07-NOBODY...that's NOBODY who lives anywhere near the City of Jackson thinks Jackson is great place to live, including YOU. Unless you work for JFP, of course. So, somebody is building a house near you and two others are being renovated??? Whoopee! Compare that to the HUNDREDS being built in Madison & Rankin counties and you might get some idea of how irrelevant Jackson has become. There is no place to shop, especially if you want non-ethnic goods. There is no place to eat, especially if you don't want to endure the loud -and often profane -cackling that is inflicted on everybody within 100 yards. There is no public space where your kids would be safe from gangsta wantabees, again inflicting their gutter-talk on everyone within rock throwing distance. (Please notice that I have not yet mentioned robberies, shootings, or drugs.). Jackson - where I was born, raised, married, and raised my children has become a cesspool. I moved to the county 11 years ago. Looks like I'm going to have to go even further, thanks to the low-life that has taken over HCBOS.

10:26 & 7:44

Why comment? Why care? Why lie, exaggerate and use ignorant dishonesty in refernce to the houses being built.

I live in a 60 year old house in Jackson and have 7 new houses that have been built within eyeshot. 13 houses within 1/8 mile have been renovated recently. Only one of those houses is currently not occupied.

I'm on the neighborhood email list where the above took place and it's one of two or three incidents reported in the past few months, suspicious or otherwise. It's been mostly lost or found dogs.

Jackson is a sad place....and it is only getting worse. I have a prediction. Jackson will be another Detroit in the next 10 years.

I live in Jackson. I bought my house for $130K about ten years ago. A house just like mine on my street just sold for $165K. We have had one crime on my street in ten years. Everyone on my street is armed, cautious, and watchful of the other neighbor's homes and property. I dont mind my kids hearing the ghetto talk of some other kids, because I am raising my kids to ignore that and be above it. Our streets are fine and the rare times we have problems with the water system or street defects, they are repaired in a timely mannner.

The one negative about living in Jackson is that the public schools by and large are lacking. I send my school age kid to private school. I dont care how much sugar coating the groups like Parents for Public Schools put on it, the JPS school mostly arent good. This means I have to pay JPS ad valorum taxes and also Private school tuition.

7:07...couldn't leave this one alone. No place to shop? How about Highland Village and Fondren? It doesn't bother me that the Big Boxes and Retail Chains have moved to Madison and Flowood. I don't spend my time on the weekends shopping in malls. Most of the time I make purchases online so I can spend my time being active on the weekends. No place to eat? Walker's, Nick's, Char, Julep, Parlor Market, Bravo, Sal & Mookies, Amerigo, Babalu, to name a few. I know Madison County folk love Club Papitos, but I like to mix it up every now and then. I can't think of a restaurant in Rankin County besides Table 100 that I would take my wife, client, or family member to enjoy quality food. I will admit, Jackson has its problems, but I could live anywhere I want to, but I choose to live in Jackson. I love the character of my home in Fondren, and I love the diversity of my neighborhood. There are some great things going on in Jackson such as the new Apothecary bar in the back of Brent's, Arden Barnett putting show after show in Duling Hall, Whole Foods, Fondren Public opening in a few weeks, Gumbo Fest coming back in the Fall, the new Baptist Building "The Belhaven" with a new fine dining restaurant and other retail stores, (hopefully at long last) a Convention Center Hotel, the District at Eastover. This does not include the things I alreay love about MY city (St. Paddy's Day Parade, Bright Lights Belhaven Nights, Parham Bridges Tennis Center, Fondren After 5, Millsaps College, MS Museum of Art, the International Ballet Competition (I could go on). I did not vote for our new mayor, but I try to remain optimistic in the face of a lot of negativity. I love our capital city, and I will continue to try to focus on THE GOOD.

Ummmm, 9:51 where did you get any of that from 7:07?
Did I miss something here?

9:51
So, you promote the shops at HV & Fondren, but then state that you make most of your purchases online. How does that help the LOCAL businesses? You are right about most of the restaurants you listed, other than Amerigo which is in Ridgeland, and Nick's which hasn't been the same since he moved. The rest of your list reads like a JCVB brochure. Would love to know how much of that you actually participate in. Kind of like your shopping habits.

Many of us are in Denver for a soccer tournament. One of us got an email describing an incident between Banner Hall and St. Richard's. A Mercedes bumped a car. When the driver of the bumped car stopped to assess damage another car swooped in to pin the car between the second car and the Mercedes. Several men got out of both cars and robbed the driver.

No points awarded for guessing the race of the robbers. Has this been reported in the C-L? It happened yesterday or the day before.

I can't think of a restaurant in Rankin County besides Table 100 that I would take my wife, client, or family member to enjoy quality food.

Sway's Bistro
CW Fin's
Eslava's Grille
Ichiban
Table 100
Cerami's
Georgia Blue

You need to get out more.

@10:50, you are 100% correct. I, too could have gone to the phone book and listed the restaurants (still) located in Jackson. They are, almost exclusively, white tablecloth establishments where one can afford to dine only "occasionally". But. Where are you going to take a family of four on Thursday night? Or (especially) after church on Sunday? Same thing applies to Highland Village. If I want a high-end white dress blouse, or a "turquoise" necklace, I could probably find it at HV. For everyday, routine shopping for socks, underwear, & tennis shoes for the kids, I'll have to go to Dogwood. As for the home building/renovation "boom" that's going on in some small, obscure (and secret) part of town, I'll simply restate...3..or 13....or 30...or even 300 PALES in comparison to what's happening outside the city limits. An increase of $30,000 in value over the last ten years??? I call B.S. ONLY if you bought a foreclosure and pumped in $20-30,000 in upgrades did THAT happen. And, in closing...
any prent who doesn't mind having loud-mouthed punks subjecting his/her children to their gutter talk is not much of a parent.

@1:07, so Brent's, Keifer's, and the Cherokee Inn are white tablecloth establishments? News to me! By the way, I have never heard whatever loud mouthed punks that you guys are speaking of. I guess you just go to different places than I do.

And yes, more houses are going up in the suburbs than there are in Jackson. To be fair, there is also more land to put houses on in the suburbs. According to US Census estimates, the population decline that has plagued Jackson for three decades is finally reversing. People who live here are proud of that, and rightfully so.

I enjoy living here, and I assume that you enjoy living wherever it is that you live. I won't talk trash about your hometown, and it would be great if you would show the same courtesy to me. In doing so, you would set a great example for your kids, since apparently we are in the practice of giving out parenting advice on jacksonjambalaya.

@12:49

Nothing says fine dining like Pizza AND Sushi, at the SAME place.

How can any Jackson restaurant be expected to compete when restaurants in the suburbs have such global options?

I live in Jackson. Does anyone else suspect that a lot of the anonymous anti-Jackson comments are being posted by smirking Madison and Rankin County real estate agents?

Amerigo is not in Jackson. But most of the Krystals are.

Screw all of you...we're getting a fancy grocery store!

Pizza and sushi...ha! I scoff at thee and thy pathetic dining establishments. Now Pizza and Ice Cream at the same place...THAT'S fine dining!

My gourmand friends and I laugh amongst ourselves at your dining establishments. We wouldn't dare soil our Gucci tennis shoes by setting foot in a Rankin County eatery! We're so much better than you!

Chauncey, pass the Creme Brulee and pour me a Hennessey and Coke.

why does everyone in Madison have to pick on NE Jxn? I assume they are jealous that they have to live in pastures without trees, in fake stucco houses that all look alike. Regardless, get over it.

@4:24- Be assured, I am 100% qualified to speak about the city of Jackson. I was a resident of Jackson for 48 years before moving into the county ten years ago. The city of Jackson today bears no resemblance to the city where I grew up. None. And I can guarantee you this: If someone tries to tell you Jackson is a great place to live, he is either lying or too stupid to know better.

Cherokee Inn....now there's a great place to take the kids. The only way in or out is right through the middle of a bar. Brents drug store....perfectly suited for family dining. Riiiight. Keiffer's is ok. So that's one. Quite an impressive list for the capital city, isn't it?

The city of Jackson is a great place to live. Troll at 11:20 is not the only person 100 percent qualified to talk about Jackson. Get over yourself.

11:25, I didn't list every single restaurant you idiot.

@11:20 The Cherokee is a great place to take kids for lunch or an early supper. The food is good, inexpensive and it's a Jackson classic that everybody growing up here should know about. Thanks for the idea. I was wondering what I might do with my sons for lunch today. Pinball, cheeseburgers and a beer (for me) it is! Great thinking!

I'm just trying to figure out how in the world Brent's is less family friendly than Keifer's. Maybe 11:25 can help me out with that.

Wow, how in the world did a post about a NE Jxn robbery turn into a pissing contest about restaurants?

There are plenty of fine places to eat both inside and outside the city limits. Rankin County may be a bit behind because of the alcohol sales changes, but there are still some nice restaurants.

Sal & Mookie's is a neat place, but it's not fine dining. Neither is Babalu or Eslava's Grille. Still they're quite good, all of them.

10:21, I don't think the guy was saying that Brent's isn't family friendly, but that it's not well suited for family dining. Putt-Putt golf courses are family friendly, but no one goes there to feed a family of five.

But I have to hand it to the Jackson crowd, you found yet another way to work Whole Foods into the conversation. I just don't see what the big deal is. It's just a chain grocery store, albeit a bit more upscale than Kroger. Do any of you shop at Fresh Market? It's not that different.

12:26 I think most of the people bragging about Whole Foods are actually being sarcastic at the expense of the Pollyanna crowd.

12:26 it is a big deal and you know it. Home values increase an average of 16% within 5 miles of a WF opening. Their figures, not mine. They picked Jackson. We didn't pick them.

Whole Foods didn't help Detroit. "Figures" are averages. There is no guarantee it will happen here. Unlikely it will. All the blue sky projections and rosy "figures" about downtown Jackson didn't pan out for shit.

@10:21 - I never said Brent's was not "family friendly". It simply does not meet the definition of a "family restaurant" where one would go on a Friday night. Nothing at all wrong with going to Brent's for a hamburger and milk shake for lunch.

And, 11:35, I never pretended to be the sole authority on life in Jackson. But "somebody" suggested that the people criticizing the city of Jackson were nothing more than outsiders with no real interest in the city. My comment was to ensure THAT person that we do, indeed, have the right to criticize. But, since you've suggested that Jackson really is a great place to live, why don't you tell us what MAKES Jackson suc a great place? Is it to night life? The cultural activities? The low crime rate? Low taxes? Good quality public schools? What?

Home values increase an average of 16% within 5 miles of a WF opening.

Oh, come on! You have to be kidding. Are you seriously under the impression that home values are going to rise because of a grocery store? A 5 mile radius includes Hanging Moss, Hawkins Field and Eminence Row, among other showplace Jackson neighborhoods and I can guarantee you that there will be no effect on home values because of a grocery store in Highland Village.

Statistics like that are complete garbage. Crime, schools, and insane mayors who want to turn the town into an African separatist city-state have far more impact on property values than a fancy supermarket five miles away.

Sorry. I love my home in Jackson. Love it. Love the city. Confuses me why there are those here, that don't live here, that spend their days beating up on a city I love and they left. Makes no sense other than some remorse validation or something.

7:06

Actually, most of our Krystal locations in the metro area are outside the city limits of Jackson. We have only 3 locations with a Jackson address.

7:54 you are right. These are averages. Historically, values have risen from a low of 3% in the 5 mile radius, to a high of 30%. Sorry, their numbers not mine. The average, according to WF numbers, are 17%.

Why are you pessimistic about this good news? Why do you diss those who actually love and work for the betterment of our capital city?

Are you jealous or hoping we fail so your daily commute will seem validated?

Sorry Charlie, I love it here. What do you contribute to the world other that crapping on the Internet trashing Jackson?

I don't think 7:54 understands business. Home values do not increase due to whole foods. Whole foods does market research and attempts to move into areas poised for growth. Not just for their grocery stores but for all of their surrounding commercial property interests. Therefore, the relationship is not causal.

And, 6:24, whole foods opened one store in Detroit less than a year ago. If one really needs to explain why your comment is nonsense, then that person doesn't need to be in the conversation

6:24 displays the wisdom of Solomon compared to some who post here.

According to the flawed logic displayed by 10:08, the geniuses at Whole Foods only invest in neighborhoods poised for impressive economic growth in the immediate future. These same geniuses apparently Detroit fit their criteria for immediate, impressive growth a year ago, when everyone with two neurons could make a synapse realized that the bankruptcy that occurred this week was inevitable. They invested anyway.

As far as 10:03 (who seems to be the same obsessive who believes the company's claims and posts over and over), 3% growth occurs in areas without a Whole Foods opening as well. Your failure to appreciate the importance of what is known as a "control group" is telling. Many places have undergone 30% appreciation without a Whole Foods as well. If you believe it, fine - invest your own money; I'm not your mother.

Sorry guys around the world, including Detroit, home values increase an average of 17% I areas within 5 miles of the location. Facts are stubborn things, no matter how much you hate Jackson.

And 10:08 agrees with 12:28 who agrees with 6:24 because it is the same person talking to himself in his relentless effort to continually trash Jackson. LMFAO.

I'm 7:54 and I understand business. I can also read a blog post and 3:31 says that Whole Foods coming to town is a big deal because property values increased an average of 16% within 5 miles of a WF opening. SO I call him on his BS logic and then he backpedals, saying it's not that WF causes the growth, but that they pick places where they see such growth.

Is everyone still with me on this? Whole Foods looked at NE Jackson and said, "Hey, this is where the growth is in the Metro area. The five mile radius of this location will see a 16% increase, so here's where we're building."

I know it's idiotic, but that's what certain people here are stating. Did the Whole Foods braintrust not drive less than a mile to the Chastain area? Did they not scoot down Meadowbrook where there are several $900,000 houses that have been sitting vacant for 5 years (before you ask, 1540 Meadowbrook)? Where's all this growth? (and don't invoke the blind school, because that wasn't more than a notion when this deal was inked.)

Have any of you Hole Foods people stopped to think what their presence is going to do to McDade's in Maywood Mart? For people who claim to be all about community, you sure don't have any problem with Hole Foods sticking it to the little guy!

"Sorry guys around the world, including Detroit, home values increase an average of 17% I areas within 5 miles of the location. Facts are stubborn things, no matter how much you hate Jackson."

Do your research. this statement is exactly what it is. don't like it? take it up with WF.

Sorry guys around the world, including Detroit, home values increase an average of 17% I areas within 5 miles of the location. Facts are stubborn things, no matter how much you hate Jackson.

Gotta luv the ignorance of the dumbass comments about Detroit. Hey, a single grocery store's success in a city with the population of about 700k in a metro area pushing nearly 5M, is not, in any way, tied to the financial stability of the local government.

It just makes you look stupid trying to draw some sort of relationship.

3:36

Maybe you should have your daddy explain it to you. They provided a statistcal example of their social success and the success of their potential growth by choosing wisely. They provide this data for investors. It is data based on historic average. Perhaps one store doesn't have but 2 mile while another has 8. See how that works?

3:38

That's business and that's competition.

Kroger is right down the street.

They look stupid every time they CRITICIZE those of us who enjoy living in Jackson. Why in Gods name would they care about how WE feel about our homes? What is their motive if not jealousy of us?

Within what time frame?

Green works well on you.

This Whole Foods argument is so stupid. And what about McDade's, your local grocer? I drive in from Ridgeland to shop at McDade's sometimes, because I loved using that grocery when I lived in Jackson, and I want to support a local business. (I also shop at Mac's on Hwy 51.) Is anybody concerned with what will happen to McDade's? Screw Whole Foods, they are mostly about marketing gimmicks anyway, and it seems all of you are falling for it.

6:13...my father died of dementia this last year. Thanks for the snark, a$$hole. I hope you choke on your arugula.

Read the posts. The guy first says it's a big deal because property values go up, then he says no, Whole Foods builds in places where the property values are already on the rise. It's one or the other, not both.

What's next, jerk? Gonna insult my mother?

July 20th:3:31 PM

Since you are privy to the WF numbers would you please share within what time frame were the average gains realized?

Thank you 9:23. 2 to 3 years after opening.