(09-14-2016 12:59 PM)Eagle9 Wrote: But like you said, HPSD got the way it is because of the white flight, which was my original point. It has to stop.
Talking annexation in Mississippi is akin to Nick Satan berating a) The OC b) the refs c) a player d) the water boy e) all of the above: No way you're gonna win!
When my mom was a widdle girl, H'burg city limits only went to where H'burg Zoo is currently....then H'burg annexed to where Highway 49 is...Years later H'burg annexed to 38th Ave.....and when I was a young man H'burg annexed across I-59 into Lamar Park....all done with a whimper, not a bang, and it was called PROGRESS.
After 1970, any annexing into the Oak Grove neighborhoods were challenged in the courts....while city of H'burg was given the Hwy 98 corridor as appeasement (and as a tax base) to restaurants, bars, shopping centers, malls, etc., while also giving the residents of OG a much more robust and attractive entertainment option than they normally would have. Annexation was now all done with a bang, not a whimper, and it is called GOVERNMENT INTRUSION!
No matter which side you take, the idea of a vibrant and healthy city of Hattiesburg, with a population of 55-75,000, IS an intriguing idea, but one that, alas, is GONE WITH THE WIND!
Stay thirsty my friends...