Top 5 Best Places to Live in Mississippi in 2022! 

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You are looking at Mississippi with a northern mind,most Mississippians are more concerned with quality of life instead of the " amenities " northerners find so important, by quality l mean the caring ,freindly,honest,hardworking,low crime,atmosphere found in small Mississippi towns,we may not be as sophisticated or wealthy as some,but we are absolutely rich in the things that matter to us

It feels weird seeing someone acknowledge Mississippi's existence

Hattiesburg is the second biggest city in the state? 1) Jackson: 163,778 2) Gulfport: 71,660 3) Southaven: 55,026 4) Biloxi : 46,042 5) Hattiesburg: 46,010

Northeast Mississippi and Northwest Mississippi have great towns as well

Born & Raised In Gulfport. Love It !! I Live In St. Martin Now, Though. Love It Too !

Olive Branch, Pass Christian/Long Beach, Madison, or a number of small towns dotted around the state. All depends on what you’re looking for; peace and quiet or action and fun. If you’re looking for both… probably somewhere on the coast.

Desoto county! You have peace, make good money, casinos, great fishing, not to far from Huntsville, st. Louis, Nashville, Atlanta, Chicago. I luv it

Lived in pascagoula for a while, very friendly place. Would love to go back. Respect from the U.K

If you want small town life with friendly people, there’s Poplarville, MS. It’s home to the Blueberry Festival and the Sweet Tea Festival. It’s an easy drive from the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Hattiesburg, MS, and New Orleans, LA. One of the best junior colleges in the south is located there as well, Pearl River Junior College.

I've lived in Mississippi all my life, the coast is the only spot where it's at but the water does NOT look clear like in this video. It's brown maybe dark blue on a hot summer day. Jackson is mainly the ghetto except for the main city, everything else is country af which could be good or bad depending on how your look at it. Forgot about Hattiesburg, it's an alright college town.

I am seriously considering moving to Mississippi next year. I stayed in Yazoo city for about a year while building the federal prison. I loved it! Some of the most friendly people I've ever known. I felt at home and there wasn't but 1 thing I didn't like. The fact that you have to go to Jackson for just about everything.

As a person who is moving to Pearl Mississippi in 3 weeks, you are making me so excited.

I'm from Tupelo and its growing but I liked it better when it was smaller and quieter.

Mississippi is better than a lot of states when it comes to things to do and outdoor opportunities. I would choose the Miss coast over several of the Midwestern states, and Louisiana and Arkansas.

Pearlington, Waveland, Nicholson, Long Beach.... definitely need a part two

The closer you get to Memphis, the more crime and less Southern Hospitality it gets.

Bay St Louis is great too. Biloxi also has a lot to offer. There are a lot of empty lots along the Ms. Coast after Katrina. I'm trying to find one now for a bargain.

im from Wiggins ms, i love Mississippi i dont care what other people say about Mississippi im current living in Texas and can't wait to get back to my roots lol

Apparently, you’ve never been to Oxford!! It would have definitely made your list!!!!!!!

I live in clinton. Mississippi isn’t the best state by no stretch of the imagination, but its my home. Wish it could be better, but we can’t always have things the way we want.

Good to know!

Tupelo and Oxford should for sure be on the list

D’Iberville should’ve been on here

Been thinking about moving to Mississippi. Been debating between Brandon and Petal. Thanks for this video.

Well, it depends on what you do for work. I drive a forklift so it would be impractical for me to try to live in Madison or the nice areas of the Coast because the houses are too high so for me, I got a little house with a few acres in the East Central part of the state near Meridian... Also a great area if you work in the medical field. It all comes down to coast of living. I could live in a nicer area but I would struggle more financially so that's my point.

We close on a little house in Long Beach January 15, 2024. Looking forward to the small town and its people, places and things.

I was in Ocean Springs Thanksgiving weekend

Brandon, Clinton and Madison are not suburbs of Jackson. They are separate cities.

When I was touring rentals in Biloxi the leasing agents mentioned OceanSprings quite a bit. What is the major difference?

Marks Mississippi small rural country town I love it friendly and great southern hospitality. My family roots came from the Mississippi Delta I love it .......It's home

I don't live in Mississippi but I love visiting my sister there. You would think a southern state like that would have a high population and built up etc but the opposite is true. Good ole southern culture

It was a nice video, but you totally left out the Western Gulf coast of Mississippi. Bay Saint Louis, Pass Christian, Long Beach, Gulfport… We are all here, and we love the salt life!

I'm a Hattiesburgian. Ocean Springs is the only other place in MS I would want to live.

$169k for a house in Clinton 😂😂😂 let’s all take a moment of silence for that price that has been long gone for some years now. I’ve lived in Clinton my entire life, and a house for that price will not be in very good shape, and need major renovations. $250k + is the average now. Clinton is a great place to live though, quiet most of the time, schools are some of the best in the nation, etc. Jackson is starting to spill over though, which is a huge blow to the city.

Helpful! I'm looking for a new home, new State, New city.........

Love My State...And Liveing in the Sipp🤘🤘🤘

I wish that I could give you some really good n positive even uplifting advise..oh wait a second.. I'm planning on eventually moving out of the US

I noticed that two of the cities are Suburbs of Jackson! No wonder Jackson's going down the drain!

Ocean Springs is not a cheap place to live. Average rent for a 3 br/2 ba house is over $1200. Everything else is accurate

Why are the only cities surveyed in southern Mississippi?

In oregon with a family of five.. we are looking at over 500k just for a simple , comfortable home... Outrageous. We need a change...

You didn't mention Ecru,Pontotoc Oxford, Tupelo or Baitsville these are great cities for the average person to find work.

Don't live in ocean springs but I live close and yes it is nice

You didn’t mention any Northern cities in Mississippi, as a resident of Booneville , Ms I love the small town feel here at the same time we have everything one needs to be comfortable, awesome public schools and jobs .

Poplarville I. Southi state education. Pearl. River collage great place

Flowood any day !!

Hattiesburg has nosedived since this video. Crime is rampant. Corruption is rampant. I lived there for 2 years and had enough.

Believe me there's a reason why it's so cheap to live in Mississippi .. they can put up a pretty good front and act like they're very nice.. just don't tell them you're a Yankee That' civil war thing still hurts pretty good

I live in Woodville Ms.not bad if you're retired

Where can I buy farm land to grow cotton?

Any, "Best Places to Live in Mississippi" list that doesn't include Oxford loses credibility.

You show pictures of Brandon with plenty of water around, Brandon is about 150 from the Mississippi gulf coast.

I just went to ocean springs to buy a small house I looked at a small 1000 SQ ft house on a 75 by 100 it was rotted the floors were eaten by termites and the windows were rotten basically the house should be knocked down and the asking price was a rediculous $390,000

Before doing a video like this, you should really invest more time into researching

LITERALLY, Every place he just mentioned besides Ocean Springs, is the worst place to live in Mississippi. Born, raised and still live in Mississippi and also travel all over the state due to business, the best places to move to and live are not these....

Hattiesburg is NOT the 2nd largest city in the state.

heading there for school in a couple of weeks😅

I would replace Clinton with Starkville or Oxford.

Shhhh don't tell anyone!! We like our hidden gem hidden!

As a native Mississippi resident I can positively say almost all of us don't want anyone moving here. Instead of moving to Mississippi use that energy, time, and money to make your state a better place to live in.

Anywhere they have moonshine if it wasn't so damn hot and humid down there I'd bring my 66 galaxie with the 427 and start running shine

Should have included Bay Saint Louis and Pass Christian

I word of advice, which by the way, I base my opinion on a person by their actions and not where they are from or their ethnicity. There are decent, considerate and people of good moral character all over the world. Be very cautious with regards to who will be your neighbors. I lived next to Indian computer engineering students. Ever since they moved in I have been having issues with my Wifi and computer network being hacked. Besides that, they exceeded the occupancy limits, that is the number if people allowed to live in the apartment. Which causes excessive noise at all hours. Additionally they liked having phone conversations outside which usually tends to be in front of other tenants apartments which can cause a disturbance. They were asked not to disturb other tenements but they still kept doing it. When they used the laundry room they leave the clothes in the machines over night and sometimes even days, and do not clean up after themselves once they are done. Additionally, They are not very clean in general. Once an animal did poo near their front door and they never cleaned it up. This attracted flies in my home. It was a mess. Once they finally moved, everything was better. And the fly problem in my home went away. Unfortunately they have some kind of superiority complex where they think they are better than everyone and don't need to be considerate, or respect other people's privacy, and that superiority complex leads them to feel that they don't have to clean AKA pick up after themselves and that they should get everything for free or at a cheap price.

Just glad my town is not on here lol or near Jackson.

How's about the love for sale in Mississippi?

Second place I like is Madison Mississippi where my Great Grandpa was born Madison Mississippi Madison County

What about Starkvegas baby?!

So you're saying the only good places to live is around the Jackson area??

What about beautiful Natchez???

Somewhere in the country. Towns want a fee for everything.

No mention of Biloxi or Pass Christian or Saucier. Shhhh…..our secret

Lived in MS for 17 years. Left in the Spring of 2023. No Way Jose. Will never go back.

Oxford shouldve been

No trying to get out

I am very shocked that Moss Point missed the cut again...

No shade to any of these cities but I definitely heard a lot of wrong stats

If I could leave the uk Mississippi is the place I would live

I'm from BRANDON! GROWING EVERY DAY!🤗

I live here and MISSISSIPPI as a whole it is terrible… Education is terrible, little to no jobs, no activities, etc. Health care is bottom tier. The criminal justice system is corrupt. Rankin county has a terrible jail house. Most places he named is racist and poverty stricken. No thank you.

Jackson ms lit

My sister'in Mississippi has to pay $30 a month used to

The only that I ever hear about MS. Is negativity.

Don't go to Clinton ,Madison or Brandon....if you stay there you're going to end up doing most of your shopping and everything else in Jackson. There's alot of petty crime and murder there! Don't go there...trust me.

houses in hattiesburg really cost 50,000 to 165,000 rent is 300 to 900 a month actually there's nothing to do in hattiesburg i know i live in hattiesburg

Tennessee

I live in Clinton

If you want to live in Mississippi and get the real experience don’t live in any of these towns. Stay an hour or more away and then visit them once a year so you can hate them all over again!

Why?

Down town is great if your loaded with money

I moved to Mississippi (Gulfport) 3 years ago and I have never dreaded anything more than moving here. Ocean Springs is a suburb of Biloxi and casinos are the ONLY major industry. The cost of living is NOT below the national average. A run down 2br house will run you about $1100/m. Crime is high. Mississippi is the poorest state in the country. The acedemic level here is substandard. Unemployment is SUPER high. Im sure there are towns that are pretty nice to live in but where I have been....its nothing to write home about. Dont even get me started on the beaches. They are pretty much a trashcan and the water isnt any better. If you have a choice between here and somewhere else....pick the latter.

What about Biloxi? Is the only one beautiful in Mississippi!

OCEAN SPRINGS IS KOOL. BUT SOME STREETS HAVE TREES HANGING OVER THAT LOOK 500 YRS OLD\ I KID YOU NOT. COULD BE DANGEROUS😳😳😳

Literally none of the pics are from the cities

Interesting. I didn't know there were any good places to live in Mississippi!

Quitman County Bound, The Delta

I live in Pearl which I'm literally 2 miles from Brandon. I moved from Brandon 2 miles up the road to Pearl 🤣🤣🤣

In Mississippi you best live Coastal or in Jackson, the rest is cows and no jobs untill someone croaks to make a job opening….

Ocean Springs is Da Nice City on da Coast. White Ppl area. Real chilled and friendly. Noooo violence

DO NOT DO IT!!!!! It’s nothing like this. We are ready to leave and move back to our home state. Snowbirds v Tourists don’t know which is worse. Real estate is NOTHING like this is describing. Very very little decent rental property. Schools are B A D. It’s in Hurricane ally and that 6 month season is not a fun time. We live on the coast snd unfriendly is an understatement unless you’re in a certain income range. Jobs are Limited.