https://www.mississippifreepress.org/26900/fact-check-tanker...
America by and large is a diverse place. There are parts of non southern states with third world tier problems. Both states you mention have problems of that caliber.
Most of the developed world resembles the third world once you leave the cities, some of it even in the cities. Its all just rural undeveloped land with thin little roads, most of which aren't in pristene condition.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ... [1] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?location...
https://news.sky.com/story/huge-increase-in-raw-sewage-relea...
MS has wealth distribution similar to that of Zimbabwe and Rep of Congo, measured by Gini coefficient.
More outrage for the outrage throne!
“Please make sure in the shower that your mouth is not open,” Jim Craig, senior deputy and director of health protection at the Mississippi Department of Health...
Specifically for Jackson, where they have been having serious water problems for a month.
(This is not in the linked article, but in several others on the topic)
It's hyperbole, without the details.
I just heard about it yesterday too.
I used to expect better out of the BBC…
Where I live, they shut off the water if you don't pay your bill.
Jackson isn't handling things very well. The governor is kind of a turd. There's blame to go all around.
https://mississippitoday.org/2022/09/02/bennie-thompson-jack...
So were the streets of San Francisco the last time I was there. Has gov Nonsense fixed that sanitary problem yet?
The supply chain problem is a time bomb for many water supplies across the country. Even basic maintenance / upgrades have major problems with getting parts. So don't just point fingers at the "hicks" and think your water supply is safe or will stay that way.
Mississippi’s Gini coefficient is around .49, where the UK is around .34.
I'm the only one in the comments that has said so.
I'm pretty sure me and all my neighbors are 'hicks'.
Certainly more so than the good people of Jackson.
Let me rephrase my first sentence:
You many not have seen this yet then...
[snip some unnecessarily stuff in light of edit below].
edit: I just realized and maybe you also hadn't seen yet, the linked article is a summary of a video story. Additionally, the summary has been updated to include more information specifying Jackson and the title has been updated since I first looked, I suspect there is much more info now than when you first looked..
It wasn't the only one I've read, either.
Are you not understanding that I live in Mississippi, and I resent the implication that an entire state just has filthy water, because of one city with an awfully young man at the helm?