[zuzululu]

Most Canadians and Americans I'm guessing takes their cues from movies like My Cousin Vinny when they think Mississippi and probably have never ventured through it. I have. It is a very safe and clean city. There are ton of engineers and professionals out there making equal or more than what creme of the creme in Canada take home after taxes (another major point besides the exchange rate that puts Canadians behind America).

This is downtown Jackson, it looks to be in far better shape than many Canadian cities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQkKjiYu-qU

[bluGill]

I haven't seen that movie, but I suspect I know the stereotypes. There are people like that, but the majority are just normal people like anywhere else in the world.

[g8oz]

Jackson Mississippi has the highest per capita murder rate of any city in the United States. More than double that of Mexico.