re: Cool, off-the-beaten-path towns within the SEC footprint

For the Missouri OP, this is as Southern as it gets. All you 30A FL punks, Bama hippies, and LA Coonies(They won't because too many deer) stay out.

Natchez is the last place where you feel like you're still in the South..... Affluent rich folks and black good folk still living amongst each other.