Celebrating The States: The South (East of the Mississippi)
*This post was updated to better reflect the diversity of artists and creatives in the region. When I was nine, my family and I moved from Mississippi to Florida. After attending college in Tampa, I moved to Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, Memphis, New York City, and then found myself back in Mississippi. It came down […]
*This post was updated to better reflect the diversity of artists and creatives in the region.
When I was nine, my family and I moved from Mississippi to Florida. After attending college in Tampa, I moved to Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, Memphis, New York City, and then found myself back in Mississippi. It came down to this… everywhere I moved, I compared it to the small college town of Oxford, MS where I grew up. And while all of those cities that I lived in (and moved around in between) were so wonderful in their own ways, nothing compared to the small town I was from. I moved back to Mississippi 13 years ago and I’ve only been looking forward since. I’ve seen so many positive changes here in recent years and that feels heartening for a region with a difficult and painful past. And while there is still much to be done to own and heal this region’s difficult past (and present), there is a palpable sense of forward-moving change and momentum in many areas. With a very low cost of living, artists and creatives can thrive here, building the lives they dream of for themselves. The beautiful topography, small towns with lots ...
*This post was updated to better reflect the diversity of artists and creatives in the region.
When I was nine, my family and I moved from Mississippi to Florida. After attending college in Tampa, I moved to Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, Memphis, New York City, and then found myself back in Mississippi. It came down to this… everywhere I moved, I compared it to the small college town of Oxford, MS where I grew up. And while all of those cities that I lived in (and moved around in between) were so wonderful in their own ways, nothing compared to the small town I was from. I moved back to Mississippi 13 years ago and I’ve only been looking forward since. I’ve seen so many positive changes here in recent years and that feels heartening for a region with a difficult and painful past. And while there is still much to be done to own and heal this region’s difficult past (and present), there is a palpable sense of forward-moving change and momentum in many areas. With a very low cost of living, artists and creatives can thrive here, building the lives they dream of for themselves. The beautiful topography, small towns with lots ...
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