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Katie from Madison, MS

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BEST PLACE TO LIVE ...... What a joke! I moved here with my family 11 years ago from Nashville TN. I wish I could say it got easier living here after time but Unfortuantly it hasn't. As a teenager living here school was hell for me. I had a bunch of football players pull my dress up in front of practically the whole school during first bell. Not once but twice. The second time my books fell all over the floor and I fell against the wall crying. I called my parents who came in personally to talk to Coach Cofield who is the assistant principle at Madison Middle. He felt that just because one of them said they were sorry nothing should be done to them. After my parents fought for some sort of justice they decided to paddle only one of the players twice. This football player went around bragging about only getting two licks for what he had done to me. My parents then tried contacting the supervisor over the school board who would not return any call. The school system is a joke. This is only one incident that happen but many more. I always felt out of place. The friends I had were not from Madison either. I think that's why we all got along. Now as a mother, my husband and I are terrified of our little girl being raised in the Madison county school system. So much that we are thinking of putting her in a expensive private school with the hope that the things that I endured will not happen to her. People are snooty and clickish here. Its hard to fit in. As much as I wish to leave this place all my family is here and we have roots here now. I dream of hitting the lottery and moving us all outta here. My husband and I are home owners. The covenants are a joke. You have to ask permission to repaint your shutters the same color. It's a joke. My parents made beautiful changes to their home that only improved the neighborhood but they only received grief from the home owners association. The homeowners association is nothing but a bunch of control freaks. Who knows what they spend our dues on??? They won't send out statements. The cops are bullies. Schools suck. The area is super expensive. Snobby people. So with all that being said don't move here unless you have to! If I could say one good thing about Madison "The City" there is not a lot of crime. Not unless they cover it up which is a definite possibility.

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