re: In Oxford for the next couple of days.

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I doubt you are really from Mississippi. The state has plenty of quaint small towns.

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I am, and no it doesn't. I doubt you have spent a hell of a lot of time here, and if you have, it was with your eyes closed. One of the hardest things about the state for those of us that love it is the desperation most of those so-called quaint small towns find themselves in currently and the lack of good answers to solve that problem.

I grew up here, and one line of my family has been in Natchez since it was founded as a port on the Mississippi. The rest settled the area in between Utica and Vicksburg. I'm sure as hell not defending my Mississippi bona fides to an Alabama fan.

As far as Oxford and Ole Miss, I have to eat some crow. I've never spent a whole lot of time there, just the occasional football game when I was in high school. I was really impressed with the place.