Top 27 Things you NEED to know about MERIDIAN, Mississippi

[@crissyann555]

Who else is from meridian Mississippi

[@601TRAVELS]

Close lol. Hattiesburg here 😎

[@JohnDavis-yz9nq]

Crissyann, go talk to the mayor and get him to fix those god awful streets in downtown meridian. Better yet rip them up and start over. Otherwise a beautiful city.

[@JohnDavis-yz9nq]

@Remnant Girl I love Meridian but those streets are not fit to drive on. They will wear the suspension on even a new car out very fast. I believe those are the worst city streets I’ve ever seen. It’s been 2 years since I was there. Maybe they have fixed them by now. I hope so because I want to go back to visit again soon.

[@roberttiger4372]

Born there but wasnt raised there.

[@JohnDavis-yz9nq]

@@roberttiger4372 do you think that you have enough pull in the city to get the rough streets fixed? You should have some clout being born there.

[@roberttiger4372]

I'm the 36 I was born in Meridian move away when I was 7 but I still have many memories. West End Harris, Carver, Kate Griffin, Highland park, Wards hamburgers.

[@cliffordholloway6291]

Thanks, very nice tour of the downtown area of my hometown.

[@601TRAVELS]

Thank you for watching! Night time drive through Meridian (and other cities) coming soon. Really looking forward to going and shooting those.

[@Sass943]

Me too

[@JTDOOM420]

My great grandma from Meridian but I’m from Cincinnati. This video gave VH1s pop up video vibes 😂

[@Amp-dUpRecords-662-74]

Much love to Meridian and the city; Columbus, Mississippi connected with ya family

[@salinwa7105]

My dad met my mother there when he was stationed at the naval base. Later when my mother and i lived with my grandmother in the Zero community, I went to Clarkdale for my first grade year 1970. My granddaddy worked forever for Hall Chevrolet. We went to 1st Church of God during my young years. Friends with the pastors family, their daughter and I were friends. I remember spending the night with her (in our adolescent years) we snuck out at night and went to highland park and found our way into the carousel (there was an enclosed carousel in the park) - I thought that great but scary fun to see the carousel all dark and quiet. There was a pool somewhere around there, and one night we met up with some of her male friends. I was scared of them. I was still pretty young and afraid of a lot of things. They (pastors family) lived in a very big white house. I’ve always wished I could see that house again. My mother is buried in magnolia cemetery. Oh the memories… I hope to drive through meridian again.

[@tentstudiosinc.6424]

My hometown. Don’t get to go back but about once a year; thanks for taking me home for a few minutes.

[@601TRAVELS]

No problem! Hope you get to come home for a visit soon. 🙏🏻

[@sunnysmithlovesDarryl]

Both sides of my family are from Meridian, they put us down n a plane 3 times a year to go see our uncle,mahmaw and meemah.

[@fredlandry6170]

I have a cousin that was stationed at the Naval Air Station there in the early 80’s.

[@btbby540]

I'm going to my dad's house in meridian on Friday I'm excited

[@601TRAVELS]

Have a good time!!

[@turhanruffin3201]

At time frame 3:25, That building, house the Post Office and US federal district court where the murder trial for the killing of three civil rights workers(Schwerner, Goodman and Chaney) was held...

[@CocoTaveras8975]

To whoever reads this I hope you have a lovely day and a Happy New Year 2020 😁😁.

[@JohnDavis-yz9nq]

I was there last year and will always remember how bad the streets were. Meridian Mississippi has the worst streets of any town I’ve ever been in. A person would wear out a brand new car fast driving on the rough streets . I could tell they haven’t been fixed in many many years. I would never go back for this reason.

[@601TRAVELS]

I agree the streets in meridian are bad, but have you ever been to Jackson?

[@JohnDavis-yz9nq]

@@601TRAVELS yes I was in Jackson as well. I went to the state fair. I didn’t notice the streets were bad but I couldn’t believe the streets in Meridian. They are so bad that they need to rip them up and start over. There really is nothing to fix. In England they drive on the left side of the road. In Meridian Mississippi they drive on what is left of the road.

[@lauren8165]

They are still awful !!!!The streets are only fixed during election time 😩

[@JohnDavis-yz9nq]

@@lauren8165 that is sad for a city to let their streets deteriorate like that. I was wanting to go to the downtown area but after driving a couple of blocks in my travel van I turned around and got out of there. I sure would not want to purchase a car that had been driven on those streets. The suspension on a brand new car would be wore out in no time driving on the streets of Meridian Mississippi. The streets in the downtown area have not been re paved in years if they ever have. The city should be ashamed of itself.

[@lauren8165]

@@JohnDavis-yz9nq Downtown is actually much better than the outskirts.I had an little get around car ,the streets almost tore it apart .Meridian has had change ,but not enough !!!!

[@tiffanyhudnell466]

I have Family in Meridian Mississippi

[@i-35vagabond56]

The Harvest Grill at 2:36 looks like a really good place to eat.

[@antisocial_tj7002]

It is

[@happyguy7005]

I didn’t notice any parking meters... it’s free to park? Nice town!

[@601TRAVELS]

I know downtown around the MSU Riley Center (theater) there is free parking and from what I can remember there was free parking around the city. Thank you for watching.

[@madimcarthur2148]

I am from here and it’s free but it’s only for a hour or to if you stay there longer then it says you will get toad

[@601TRAVELS]

That sucks

[@nordicfalcon]

Yeah. I live here as well. Some are only 30min parking. But Meridian doesn’t have much to offer. More of a hub city with a lot of hotels to crash for the night. DO NOT GO TO HIGHLAND PARK!!! That’s deep in Red Line. 😵💵🔫🔪💊💉🧪⚰️

[@sandymitchell8182]

YES!! and we also have a parking garage that the city spent 17 million dollars to remodel and no one uses !!!! yep

[@judyevancic4926]

Show some residential areas

[@merriewillis3314]

According to Jimmy Rogers, he was born in my hometown of Geiger, AL.

[@601TRAVELS]

Let’s just be thankful he was born 🙏🏻

[@LemonThyme1933]

We always passed his grave going back and forth between grandparent's homes.

[@lizzapaolia959]

Great video 😁

[@LemonThyme1933]

If there are any older people here, does anyone remember a building near the post office/court house that had Egyptian artwork on it, and lions or sphynx statues in front?? I have a vague memory of it, but can't locate it. I am guessing it was torn down.

[@LemonThyme1933]

I found the building, but I think it was torn down. It was the Shriner's Cathedral in Egyptian Revival style.

[@midnightmystery544]

Meridian could use some help. At least anything outside of the Bonita Lakes area.

[@601TRAVELS]

It sure could.. It's got a LOT of potential and isn't that far gone, yet, so I really believe its got a chance to bounce back one day. Thanks for watching, Midnight!

[@bandit9117]

First ain’t shit wrong with my town and that’s on the set

[@midnightmystery544]

@@bandit9117 Not saying it's bad... It's just not very cosmopolitan... Really pretty though... Lot's of big hills! It's pretty big too!

[@trese2658]

Well I think it’s because of the descendants of the founders of meridian and other current landowners(large acres of land) kinda slowed down the progression in meridian. Back in the late 1800s & early 1900s it was a thriving city all the way up to the 70s. And then it was ordained the “retirement city” It really had a lot of potential

[@bandit9117]

Trese Smith so gurl you trying to say my city ain’t got no potential

[@Sass943]

Cool

[@trese2658]

I thought it was named Queen City because of the Gypsy Queen is laid to rest here

[@601TRAVELS]

Very interesting, I haven’t heard of this. I’ll have to look into it! Thank you for the comment - you’ve got me wondering.

[@trese2658]

Kelly Mitchell in the Rose Hill Cementry

[@lauren8165]

Trese Smith it is !

[@LemonThyme1933]

That is one theory. Look up EH Dial. He wrote a play in the late 1800s in which he called Meridian, the Queen of the east. I only recently read that. I was looking up info re: the old house that his family built. It was used as a hospital during the civil war, but was torn down. It was very close to Merrehope. We used to play around those houses in the 60s as children before Merrehope was renovated.

[@DerekMcDouglas]

Only Disney fans came to this video because one of the characters from this recently released movie Strange World is also named Meridian.

[@LemonThyme1933]

No, some of us were born here.

[@Levanngelas]

watching cause i’m moving there in 6 months 🤣

[@adriancage8261]

It had a blue car in the driveway and nobody is there well maybe the lights are on just someone check it out.

[@CocoTaveras8975]

Man, those roads look terrible!

[@madimcarthur2148]

They are

[@royaldiamond5902]

They are.

[@nordicfalcon]

*laughs in helmet and roll cage* Ahahahaahaaaa..... Believe us; We Know. I call them reverse minefields. It’s not the bumps, but the holes you need to be afraid of. Tip while driving is to not blink.

[@AliciaJDare]

They continute to be terrible. Nothing will be done to fix them, either.

[@erraticleeme6760]

👍 have great new 2020 601👍

[@601TRAVELS]

You too! Is it 2020 there yet?

[@erraticleeme6760]

601 TRAVELS its 9.30am in the 31st in Sydney Australia

[@601TRAVELS]

I am an idiot I thought today was the 31st hahaha.

[@erraticleeme6760]

601 TRAVELS I’m in the future! If you came here you’d age one day instantly! Then again, If I move to America, I’ll be one day younger! 🤔

[@ObeseLovahBoi]

Is ase high af rn?

[@brandonspencer9270]

I’m from meridian that’s 8th street you on

[@601TRAVELS]

Love meridian my friend!

[@brandonspencer9270]

601 TRAVELS I been here for 34 yrs we need to hook up an work on something

[@The_O40]

Okatibbee lake is not in the city and i would have liked some info about the 3 foot building in the video nice video overall.

[@601TRAVELS]

Thanks for watching. I'm not sure if you know, but last I saw/heard - the 3 foot building was being turned into a hotel.

[@The_O40]

@@601TRAVELS yes i know i was part of the 3 foot preservation society

[@601TRAVELS]

Very cool. Was nice to see them do something with the building. I haven’t been up that way in a while. I’m in the Hattiesburg area.

[@The_O40]

@@601TRAVELS they have progesed alot almost all the windows are in.

[@The_O40]

@@601TRAVELS annother thing to add would have been Widemans the oldest restaurant in Mississippi.

[@dennisparker7090]

It's called "Queen City" because the Queen of the Gypsies is buried there.

[@LemonThyme1933]

It was also called the Queen of the East after EH Dial included that in a play that he wrote in the late 1800s before Kelly Mitchell was buried there.

[@ObeseLovahBoi]

I ate my diary in meridian for the 12st time there’s indeed yummy with evtrab cat saudeb

[@adriancage8261]

Check any ghost there.

[@kiyomomi2375]

God I hate this town sm

[@601TRAVELS]

I'm sorry you hate it - which towns do you LOVE so I can go visit?

[@kiyomomi2375]

@@601TRAVELS idk I don't travel much 😅 but Warner Robins, GA is a fav

[@601TRAVELS]

Nice. I have been wanting to go out to Atlanta and do a city tour, Robins looks like a nice town as well.