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shady_ostrich t1_jdm1o73 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Tornado hits western Mississippi as storms knock out power for thousands. A town is 'gone,' resident says | CNN by A179E49GFZ68722R23

Sure, you can move anywhere if you have the money. Mississippi is one of the poorest states, not just in finances, but education, etc. So picking up and moving elsewhere isn't so easy. Generational poverty is hard to climb out of.

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supboy1 t1_jdm51q1 wrote

It is hard, I joined the military to get myself out but I also know there are numerous applicants that are physically fit but could not pass the medical screening.

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sunsetcrasher t1_jdm64at wrote

My dad also joined the military to get out of poverty in Mississippi. His brothers didn’t and a couple still live in a sharecropper’s shack on the family property, the rest in trailers. They have no money to move.

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