What the hell is going on at WalMart?

[JungRebel]

I was born and raised in Terry. Byram blew up in the 90s when Jackson was on its decline and is still a nice place to live provided you don't care for big city amenities. My senior year our baseball team made it to State, Coach Jerry was a hell of a guy and deserved to win it all at least once. He taught me drivers ed.

A little known SixPackFact is that Jungrebel played with Boobie Dixon and his brothers at Terry. We made it to South State the year after AD went to State, but were beat 32-0 by a one legged Drexler Johnson. The story was he was playing on a torn ACL. He had a huge brace on it but late in the 4th he scrambled up the middle and outran our defense untouched for a 40 yard touchdown. I'm pretty sure Wayne County won State relatively easy the week after.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

This area is the DMZ now, totally out of control. I am not sure why the hell Walmart remains open, I swear it’s becuase they want to protect other Walmart’s in the area. Those crazy 17ers are gonna shop/steal/loot somewhere, why not just let em have this one. JoMo, you are correct, this place was awesome in the late 70’s thru 80’s. The metro center was the 8th wonder of the world......I grew up about 5 miles from there.

Walmart is about to go through major changes. My Mom has been with them for over 30 years and may not have a job in a couple of months.

They think they are going to compete with Amazon and somehow have pretty much no one in the store.

Yeah... good luck with that.

 

[ababyatemydingo]

Walmart is about to go through major changes. My Mom has been with them for over 30 years and may not have a job in a couple of months.

They think they are going to compete with Amazon and somehow have pretty much no one in the store.

Yeah... good luck with that.

Their online model and strategy is nowhere near as strong as Amazon's is. They will get blown out of the water. They'll hang for a while, because of their cash reserves, but the long run will not be kind to them. Better dance with the one that brung ya, Walmarts. Amazon's market cap is $700 Billion. Walmart's is $310 Billion

 

[RocketDawg]

By the looks of that cop that pulled up, they may not have chased him. He hit the pole twice while he was sitting in the car.

And that dude that busted out that window with his hand must have had enough adrenaline going to make an elephants heart skip.a beat. That is no easy task.

They wouldn't have to chase him very much ... that car looked like it was on its last leg. Looked like the front was all beat in too.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Their online model and strategy is nowhere near as strong as Amazon's is. They will get blown out of the water. They'll hang for a while, because of their cash reserves, but the long run will not be kind to them. Better dance with the one that brung ya, Walmarts. Amazon's market cap is $700 Billion. Walmart's is $310 Billion

For all the allure that online shopping has, there are still many people who want to see the product they are buying and many products most people want to see in person before buying.

WalMart's base is small city/town America. Couple this with the money you mentioned and they will go tits up.

Someone else will jump in and fill their void and leave WalMart a memory if they aren't careful here.

 

[RocketDawg]

Did he survive?

 

[5049]

What's funny is one of my HCS classmates is a very successful broker of multimillion dollar real estate in Manhattan. He could probably keep the place open himself.

This is true of many native Mississippians who have left. Imagine if they would come back and invest here....

 

[RocketDawg]

Yeah, you'd think some sort of law was broken, endangerment if nothing else.

I got hit in a shopping center parking lot once by a guy who was driving diagonally across the marked "roads". The police supposedly couldn't do anything ... even issue a ticket ... because it was on private property. Maybe that's the case in this Wal Mart incident.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

Zaxxon Zen-level master here...

 

[5049]

For all the allure that online shopping has, there are still many people who want to see the product they are buying and many products most people want to see in person before buying.

WalMart's base is small city/town America. Couple this with the money you mentioned and they will go tits up.

Someone else will jump in and fill their void and leave WalMart a memory if they aren't careful here.

Yep, say hello to the new and improved Dollar General

 

[JoMo MoJo]

And there’s the El Chico reference I’ve been waiting on. Nice!

Yep. My favorite margarita place. The last one I know of in the state is across from USM. I think it’s still open. El Chico’s , BeBop Records and a car audio place, Hooper’s Audio were right there side by side.

Northpark, even on its best day ever, never held a match to what Metrocenter and that loop had to offer.

 

[benatmsu]

He did. But he rolled around in the parking lot for a while, in pain.
Finally puked his guts out while sitting in his car.
Said it burned for two days.

Did he survive?

 

[JoMo MoJo]

And Wilson's/LeFleurs on the north side of town...

There was a Wilson’s in the Metrocenter area too. It was where Hinds Behavioral Health is now, on Hwy 80.


And no Surplus City, USA mention either.

Now. Remind me what LeFleurs was and where it was located.

 

[vhdawg]

There was a Wilson’s in the Metrocenter area too. It was where Hinds Behavioral Health is now, on Hwy 80.


And no Surplus City, USA mention either.

Now. Remind me what LeFleurs was and where it was located.

I got my Boba Fett Slave I ship at Wilson's. The box still has the price sticker on it.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

Niiiiice. I had the 12 in posable Boba Fett that had the looking glass through the back of his head. Damn I wish I hadn’t destroyed all those original Kenner toys.

 

[msstate7]

My other favorite was some kung fu game, but I can never remember the name. I'm walking down the street, some street thugs walk up, I kick his ***, on to the next one... If anyone knows this game, let me know. I might go buy that game just to show my son how badass I used to be.

I could still walk into Diamond Jim's and tell you where it was located in the back.

Between Diamond Jim's in Metrocenter, and Time Out in Tupelo, there's no telling how much coin I dropped back then. My dad could probably tell me.

Double dragon?

 

[msstate7]

Are you thinking about Double Dragon by any chance?

I was thinking same thing

 

[InTheIttaBenaHotSun]

the movie theatre at MetroCenter when I was really young.

They only played 2-3 different movies.

One of them was "Honey I Shrunk the Kids."

I must've seen that movie 15 times as a 5 year-old.

Last movie I saw at that theater was my 2nd year at Hinds '88 or '89. Took a date to see the first Kid & Play movie. Wow, I hadn't thought about that psycho in forever....wonder what she's up to these days?

 

[fieldcorporal]

I don't remember there being a wilsons over by metro...

LeFleur's Restaurant was a (sorta) white table cloth place in north Jackson for years. Started off downtown, Presidents street I think, and moved out to the Northside. It was somewhere around where the Picadilly/JosABank is now. That area has changed so much that I'm not sure exactly where, but south of the Kroger and north of northside dr, right in there. Lefleurs closed in about 1984/85 I think.

 

[ababyatemydingo]

I don't remember there being a wilsons over by metro...

LeFleur's Restaurant was a (sorta) white table cloth place in north Jackson for years. Started off downtown, Presidents street I think, and moved out to the Northside. It was somewhere around where the Picadilly/JosABank is now. That area has changed so much that I'm not sure exactly where, but south of the Kroger and north of northside dr, right in there. Lefleurs closed in about 1984/85 I think.

You are correct.

Anybody on here old enough to remember the Jackson Mall? That's where McRae's got their start. I remember my parents taking me there as a kid. Used to eat in the Picadilly cafeteria that was in the mall. The Jackson Mall used to be the best mall in the state, where everyone came to shop. Then MetroCenter opened, and as someone else said, MetroCenter was like going to DisneyWorld. And then the decline of Jackson Mall started. It hung around a good while, though.

 

[HumpDawgy]

I remember Metro. Spent a lot of time in Diamond Jims, buying cassettes at Camelot, and going to Spencers for a laugh.

 

[vhdawg]

I don't remember there being a wilsons over by metro...

Wilson's was on the north side of Hwy 80 on the other side of I-220. It was in this building: https://www.google.com/maps/@32.298...48.882664&pitch=0&thumbfov=100!7i13312!8i6656

 

[InTheIttaBenaHotSun]

Only went to the Jackson Mall once.

We drove down to the State Fair from Silver City in '76 or '77. At the last minute mom spots the mall and decided to stop and drag us through one of the department stores. Probably was McRae's.

I remember the drive down from the Delta seemed like it took forever because of the anticipation and it being my first State Fair.

 

[fieldcorporal]

Wilson's was on the north side of Hwy 80 on the other side of I-220. It was in this building: https://www.google.com/maps/@32.298...48.882664&pitch=0&thumbfov=100!7i13312!8i6656

Faulty memory.

Happens to old people.

This whole thing got me to thinking about Dennery's, and I was having trouble remembering the original. First thought it was out 80, then it came to me that it was by the old 49 bridge, silas brown st. I think, before moving to the Grecian palace by the fairgrounds.

 

[Chris Mannix]

As someone that works in South Jackson everyday this is once again a case of people taking things out of context. Since I have read this post these are the things I hear dmz, ********, and third world country being said about South Jackson. To me you are throwing the baby out with the bath water. Are there problems on the South Side sure there are. This does not mean the entire area is some kind of wasteland as most people describe.

Just last week myself and players that I coach did community service over by Forest Hill by helping to repaint homes and clean up lots. For any of guys on here that always complain about Jackson I have an idea. How about instead of complaining you roll up your sleeves and get to work. If you really want to help then send me a message, and I can set you up with local churches, schools and other places. There you can put your money where your mouth is and become part of the solution.

I think there are many great things going on in the South Side that never get talked about in favor of the stupidity and violence that is also a part of the area. If you dont believe me then I suggest coming and seeing for yourself. I have worked at Forest Hill High School for eight years. In that time I have never once felt threatened or in danger of any kind. I would be glad to take any person on this board to lunch over in this “third world country” and hopefully show them a different face to South Jackson.

Two things for the record. First, the south side is not nearly as bad as it is made out to be. Second, whoever said third world country that’s shockingly ignorant, and shows a lack of knowledge of true third world conditions. To call South Jackson third world is insulting to people that actually live in third conditions.

 

[BlueRidgeMtns]

hey now hold up... I'm from Yazoo City. Transplanted to VA.

 

[shoeless joe]

I was born and raised in Terry. Byram blew up in the 90s when Jackson was on its decline and is still a nice place to live provided you don't care for big city amenities. My senior year our baseball team made it to State, Coach Jerry was a hell of a guy and deserved to win it all at least once. He taught me drivers ed.

A little known SixPackFact is that Jungrebel played with Boobie Dixon and his brothers at Terry. We made it to South State the year after AD went to State, but were beat 32-0 by a one legged Drexler Johnson. The story was he was playing on a torn ACL. He had a huge brace on it but late in the 4th he scrambled up the middle and outran our defense untouched for a 40 yard touchdown. I'm pretty sure Wayne County won State relatively easy the week after.

Never thought I'd live to see the day that one of his former players referred to him as coach jerry. Coach Gibson was the hard *** of all hard asses...and I loved him for it. Pretty sure that's why I have such an affinity for Cohen. Very similar approaches.

I have the utmost love and respect for the man, but he definitely benefitted from the hay day of forest hill level woods developing some great players.

 

[Wizard of bulldogery]

wait walmart has employees inside the store?

 

[JoMo MoJo]

Do you remember the marine supply/boat supply/toy store that was over by the reservoir? I can’t temember it’s name either and always thought it was a weird combination. I still remember the jingle though.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

To call South Jackson third world is insulting to people that actually live in third conditions.

...but is not an insult to South Jackson thunderdome survivors.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

Most replies have been specific to the Metrocenter area and the surrounding corridors. If you can’t see the blight on that area you are blind. No amount of house painting will resurrect that area

The last time I checked the Forest Hill /Hillcrest area was still fairly safe that far down Siwell Road. Or safe enough for us to be ok playing in baseball tournaments there.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

Yes. That is Hinds Behavioral Health now. I remeber when it was Wilson’s it didn’t have the big entrance that the building has now. It was this huge concrete building with the top layer of concrete pressure washed off to leave that real stony type of texture and it had one tiny single door entrance. It was way out of proportion to the size of the building.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

Faulty memory.

Happens to old people.

This whole thing got me to thinking about Dennery's, and I was having trouble remembering the original. First thought it was out 80, then it came to me that it was by the old 49 bridge, .

You are thinking of Crechele’s. And I think it’s still there.

Does anyone remeber the original water slide in Jackson. It was on the hill as you are driving I-20 towards Vicksburg on your left, just past the “whatever its name is this year” Nissan dealership. You can still see the tips of a couple of curves in it poking through the dirt they dumped in it to fill it in. I ended up working with the lady whose husband opened it back in the early 80’s. They also opened and closed the golf cart / putt-putt golf place on Lakeland Drive. Their son (or son-in-law) is the one who currently owns J e l l y s t o n e Park in Pelahatchie.

We need some old Dawgs to tell us about the Lake Hico days.

 

[tatedog]

You are thinking of Crechele’s. And I think it’s still there.

Does anyone remeber the original water slide in Jackson. It was on the hill as you are driving I-20 towards Vicksburg on your left, just past the “whatever its name is this year” Nissan dealership. You can still see the tips of a couple of curves in it poking through the dirt they dumped in it to fill it in. I ended up working with the lady whose husband opened it back in the early 80’s. They also opened and closed the golf cart / putt-putt golf place on Lakeland Drive. Their son (or son-in-law) is the one who currently owns J e l l y s t o n e Park in Pelahatchie.

We need some old Dawgs to tell us about the Lake Hico days.

Man I wish somebody would reply with the name of that water park you are talking about because it's been driving me nuts all week.

 

[dawgstudent]

Waterland?

 

[Palmettodog]

Is Rapids on the Reservoir still open?

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

Waterland was in Ridgeland, unless they moved from that spot in South Jackson.

I remember going down those old slides in vicksburg as a kid at the place on the south side of I-20, at the Halls Ferry exit I think.

And for those mentioning Crechale's, it's still there and they're still singing the Happy Birthday song. Great food and still a good time.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

Is Rapids on the Reservoir still open?

Noooooooooo. Been closed for at least 20 years and completely removed all evidence it was ever there.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

Man I wish somebody would reply with the name of that water park you are talking about because it's been driving me nuts all week.

Was it Splish-Splash?

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Man I wish somebody would reply with the name of that water park you are talking about because it's been driving me nuts all week.

WaterHoes