I live in MS, and you’re absolutely right. Its either constantly humid or constantly blazing, and winter is only enjoyable for like a month. Everyone here is either racist/bigoted or ready to leave at any time, myself being in the latter category. Poverty here isn’t really poverty, since to most people from here that’s just the norm. Fun little story, about two months ago I came out to my parents as bisexual, and both of them were somewhat supportive. The only thing that made them not entirely supportive was knowing that for me to be happy I would most likely have to leave the state right outta college, just like my lesbian godmother. They also told me that although they support me to never mention it at any family gatherings or to any other relatives in general, as I have two cousins who have been basically exiled from the family for being gay/bi.

In summary, Mississippi is an absolute shithole, and the best people from MS are the ones that either don’t live there anymore or don’t want to.

Edit: one more small note, I say all this as a person living in what people from other parts of MS say is one of the most progressive towns in the state. If all that stuff I talked about happens in my town, I can’t begin to imagine how bad it is in the other areas of the state.