Comments by "" (@anthonyblacker8471) on "Deep South - First Impressions 🇺🇸" video.

  1. Even though nobody will ever see this.. I'm going to say this: I was born and raised in the south half of New Jersey.. South of Trenton on the Delaware river about 20 25 minutes from Philly about an hour and a half or so (depending on where you go) to New York (city). So... I was raised in a kind of fast paced area but not in 'the city' by any means, I come from the town John A. Roebling had his steel mill where he made the cables that held the suspension bridges he was famous for (the Golden Gate Bridge being one of them). Anyway in Feb of 2010 I had had enough of this area, I needed to get out there and see the country, at least a little bit of it. So I hopped on a train and the end of my ticket was New Orleans, LA. That was not a place to live for me, just to visit. I spent a few days there and took Amtrack up to Jackson, MS. Center of the state and the capital, Jackson is where I got my taste of old ways, of Southern life (in that area at least) and of the total difference in culture 1200 or so miles can make.. I was in the flatlands basically, just East of the Mississippi river by 30 minutes or so, I spent 2 years living, learning, meeting people, working, discovering things like the Natchez Trace.. (a very cool road to spend some time driving and stopping off at all the stops along the way). Anyway I'm SO happy I spent a couple years down there, just living and learning a completely different culture and way of living.. I was accepted into the community almost instantly.. they called me New Jersey for a long time, but I feel I a made some connections with people that will never be broken, and to me, that's worth more than anything. I had a wonderful experience there and would go back if I ever find the means..
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  2. Having lived down there in the culture of Mississippi 10 years ago or so, it's funny to me watching Peter almost in shock as he sees people are just people. They're people from Florida or people from California or people from Mississippi.. they're all just still people. The idea that racism or segregation or prejudice is any different in Mississippi than it is in New York City, well.. it's really not. It's just a little different, it's a little easier, more relaxed down there. But when things need to happen, they happen. Post haste. It's just not a 24/7 grind to make as much money as you can just so you can afford a flat in the city that costs you 10 times what it SHOULD cost. It's simpler down there.. it's easier going.. it's still people though. Families stick together, they break apart. Men find women and women find men.. It's just life man.. they DON'T see anything any different than anyone else, they just have it shown to them a different way.
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