Starkville now more populus than Columbus.

Re: Starkville now more populus than Columbus.

feeds@yuku.com (msudawg12) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:55:00 GMT

and they have the same name. It has a fun bar and the foot is pretty good. Not the best but decent

Re: Starkville now more populus than Columbus.

feeds@yuku.com (patdog) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:02:23 GMT

Sadly, I've been told that it closed.

Re: Starkville now more populus than Columbus.

feeds@yuku.com (Agentdog) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:30:10 GMT

Haha. Seriously, Columbus did compare itself to Tupelo many, many years ago. Obviously, Tupelo has surpassed Columbus years ago.

Re: Starkville now more populus than Columbus.

feeds@yuku.com (wbc40) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:13:24 GMT

I didn't know that they were. If they are, they shouldn't be. I wish the entire Golden Triangle region would unify to support MSU, but it doesn't look like that will ever be the case.

Re: Starkville now more populus than Columbus.

feeds@yuku.com (dickiedawg) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:54:43 GMT

There's a nice (read: upscale) place out from Columbus that is very good if you're ever in the mood for that sort of thing.
It's called Woody's on the Water.
There's also a bar that I'm told is pretty good, but I haven't been.

Re: Starkville now more populus than Columbus.

feeds@yuku.com (jackbaddawg) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:59:14 GMT

Templeton's & Millsaps went out after about 50 yrs in business. Most people move out of Columbus to put their kids in better school districts like New Hope & Caledonia. There are about 20,000 more people that live in Lowndes county than Oktibehaw (sp ) has.Lowndes County has way more factories, the air base, GTR airport going on more than starkville. All Starkville has is MSU. Starkville will never catch Columbus.

Re: Starkville now more populus than Columbus.

feeds@yuku.com (soonerdawg) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:41:40 GMT

I was surprised when I read this, right after I'd made a trip to Columbus earlier that day. The streets were packed, and while some of Columbus is a hellhole, compared to Starkville in the summer it's like a metropolis. They probably did the census during the year (when school is in) and so I'm sure a lot of students were counted.

The real crux is that people who live in Starkville go to Columbus a lot. Neither town has much to brag about, but for shopping and stuff...

Re: Starkville now more populus than Columbus.

feeds@yuku.com (GhostOfJackie) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:17:42 GMT

But the Hattiesburg-Laurel-Oak Grove-Petal area is up around 180,000-200,000. Simply because Hattiesburg stopped incorporating out West. This really means nothing that Starkville is ahead of Columbus. Most people are leaving the city of Columbus because it is a shithole. The county still has more people than Ok. County.

Re: Starkville now more populus than Columbus.

feeds@yuku.com (hullabaloodog) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:55:25 GMT

Columbus has some of my favorite places to eat in the Golden Triangle. The first being Peking, chinese restaurant on Hwy 45 in front of Leigh Mall. Proffit's Porch would be second. Good sandwiches, it's been a couple of years since I've been there, but my next trip to Starkville will definitely include a lunch trip to Proffit's. Mexican Kitchen is awesome as well. There is a steak place in East Columbus that's pretty good, but I can't remember the name.

Re: Starkville now more populus than Columbus.

feeds@yuku.com (goindhoo) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:05:32 GMT

good stuff

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feeds@yuku.com (thunderclap) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:50:06 GMT

on 18th St. North, kinda across from Santa Fe.

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feeds@yuku.com (Mjoelner) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:16:14 GMT

Yeah. Just eat in Starkville. The best place in Columbus is Giribaldi's but if you want Mexican, Mi Hacienda in Starkville (while not quite as good as Giribaldi's) more than makes up for the 56 mile round trip. The second best place in Columbus is Proffits Porch which is a take-off on Oby's. Again, why drive that far instead of just going to Oby's? They did open a Krystal on 45 north this past year if your're in the mood for gut grenades. They may have some good...

Re: Starkville now more populus than Columbus.

feeds@yuku.com (BewareOfMSUDawg) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:44:55 GMT

As dawgfan77 said, it's Ruben's. I haven't eaten there in 3 or 4 years, but it was pretty decent then. I've heard several folks say it's not as good as it used to be, though.

Re: Starkville now more populus than Columbus.

feeds@yuku.com (Rebheaded Stranger) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:38:00 GMT

Or in this instance, Columbus, I realize that all my bitching about the lack of restaurants in Oxford is relative.

Re: Starkville now more populus than Columbus.

feeds@yuku.com (patdog) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:30:55 GMT

Cafe on Main (corner of Main & 5th) - excellent plate lunch.

Hucks (5th St. South) - good burgers and po-boys, decent plate lunch. The Hucks burger is 3/4 lb and it the only burger I literally could not eat. Every time I took a bite it pushed the burger out the back side of the bun. But if that's not big enough for you, you can get a double Hucks burger.

Zachary's (5th St. North) - good burgers and wraps.

Sante Fe Cattle Co. - chain type, peanuts...

Re: Starkville now more populus than Columbus.

feeds@yuku.com (dawgfan77) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:24:51 GMT

Rubens is the place that you speak of

Re: Starkville now more populus than Columbus.

feeds@yuku.com (Todd4State) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:09:06 GMT

of the place that is right by the Tombigbee that is a seafood place? It has flooded a few times. It was pretty good 10 years ago, whenI last ate there. Is it still there, and is still any good?

Re: Starkville now more populus than Columbus.

feeds@yuku.com (BewareOfMSUDawg) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:05:08 GMT

In the downtown area, J. Broussard's is very good; the food is New Orleans style. Harvey's and Cafe on Main and is pretty good too.

On 45, you have Old Hickory Steak House and the usual chain restaurants like Applebee's and Chili's. Another really good place is Proffitt's Porch, which is off the beaten path - you have to turn onto Wilkins-Wise Road like you're going to the Lock and Dam and take a right on Officers Lake Road and go down a little ways.

Re: Starkville now more populus than Columbus.

feeds@yuku.com (BewareOfMSUDawg) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:58:57 GMT

Yep, there are certainly distinctive areas of Columbus: the downtown area, which they've put a lot of money and effort into restoring and maintaining it; then Hwy 45 North which is your typical "let's cram every new commercial property onto this one road and not improve the infrastructure"; and then East Columbus, which is probably the main hellhole to which you were referring.

As a native and current resident of Columbus (only for another month), it's kind of...

Re: Starkville now more populus than Columbus.

feeds@yuku.com (AROB44) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:46:12 GMT

patdog wrote:
Some parts of it are beautiful, like the area around and just south of downtown. Then a lot of the rest is a real shithole. For a town that size, they do have a real good restaurant selection, which is real nice when you spend about 1 month per year there on business.

Could you give some recommendations?

Starkville now more populus than Columbus.

feeds@yuku.com (TheBigDA) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:38:40 GMT

Link to Census article.