Name: Horn Lake, MS
Rating: 0.0

( 8 Ratings )

Living in Horn Lake, MS

Ranks better than 60% of areas Follow

Population

27,234

Median Age

34.0 Years

Horn Lake Area Facts

Horn Lake has a Livability Score of 60_/100, which is considered average
Horn Lake crime rates are 13% higher than the Mississippi average
Cost of living in Horn Lake is 6% higher than the Mississippi average

What do the locals think about Horn Lake?

80%

Family friendly

0%

Public transit is accessible

0%

Walkable to grocery stores

60%

Yards are well-kept

40%

Lots of parks

20%

Walkable to restaurants

Friendly neighbors

Safe at night

Pet friendly

Streets have sidewalks

80%

A quiet area

20%

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Cats and Cars really? 0 rating By Anonymous ( Nov 03, 2018) Previous reviews from a resident who wanted to run a feline hotel in his neighborhood and another complaining because he cannot park in his front yard leave out one thing. Their neighbors. We deserve better than living by folks whose lack of anything remotely resembling decorum d ...Read More rags down the neighborhood and PROPERTY VALUES. If uncontrolled, cats will reproduce quickly and spread any number of diseases, and I'm sure everyone has had a neighbor sometime who feels the right to park grandma's Oldsmobile in the front yard and what a pleasing sight that is. No thanks. If anything, Horn Lake needs stricter code enforcement to even remotely keep up with the vast majority of cities. If you want to have a herd of uncontrolled animals and a half dozen jalopies in the yard why not find a house in the country? Read Less

Horn Lake NOT an Animal Friendly Town; Deck Stacked Against Residents Part 2 0.5 rating By Horn Lake Resident ( Dec 01, 2016) Welcome to Horn Lake, Mississippi AgainI am not at all satisfied with the answers I am getting from the new animal control director, so I will take this matter public. After three written attempts to get help, one face-to-face attempt, and a phone call with the new director, Dan ...Read More Smith, I feel it is necessary to publish a copy of my latest letter to him here. Dear Mr. Smith,As I’m sure you have heard by now, there are some issues with the Horn Lake Animal Shelter that I’d like to discuss with you. I understand you are the new director and have inherited whatever problems exist there, and that you will need some time to discover what they are and how to fix them. As someone relatively new to rescuing, I am at a loss about some of them myself, and would appreciate both alerting you to what I see as some of issues, and receiving a reply regarding them.My first issue is to question that countywide decree that “If you feed it, it’s yours.” First of all, I’d like to know if this is a law, and if so, please quote the statute so that I may look it up.Secondly, I’d like to challenge the soundness of this decree. I recently rescued a literally starving cat and her kittens from a storm drain. It appears that someone had tossed her out; she was scared and desperate. I was told by one of the shelter workers that they aren’t taking in cats; they have no room. So what should I have done? Should I have left her to starve? Should I have returned her once I’d gained her trust and brought her and her kittens home to keep them safe? I already have a number of cats of my own (all spayed and neutered, thank you), feed two ferals (one I have tamed to make her suitable for adoption), and cannot possibly keep more. So, if an animal needs to be rescued, but there's no room at the inn, what good will it do to call animal control to have it picked up? What will happen to it other than being euthanized because there's nowhere to shelter it? The next issue is regarding the shelter hours. As I understand it, the shelter is open Mon - Fri. I think that most families hoping to adopt a pet try to do it on Saturday, when they aren't working and aren't in school. Wouldn't a lot more animals be adopted if the shelter was open on the day that people are most likely to go there? It seems to me that’s a lot of input without much output. Why would you not be open on the one day that would be most helpful to the animals? The next is the inability of the public to volunteer.I know all about the issues from last year with the POLICE OFFICER / STARVE THAT DOG issue. It was a year ago. How long are you going to let that affect the rest of the animals? Time to move on.One of your employees told me another reason is that the volunteers try to run things. First of all, the shelter doesn't belong to the shelter employees, or even to the town. It belongs to the public, paid for by taxpayer dollars. But, okay, I can see the need for some control. Why not just have one of the employees organize and supervise them? Then if the volunteers don’t like their assignments, they don’t have to return. Don’t make the animals suffer because someone feels her authority is challenged.The mentality of certain people there (not all) seems to be "can't do." They have an excuse for everything, as far as I can tell. In a short conversation last weekend, all I heard was why they can’t do this, can’t do that. I’ll come back to this one.The next issue is lack of follow-through. When I first rescued this cat and discovered that there was no room for her at the shelter, I started searching online for what to do next because I cannot keep her (I also now consider the shelter a last resort). I was told that it was fine (great, even!) to foster this cat myself, and that the shelter would help advertise her availability. They said to send pictures to the shelter by email and gave me the email address. I sent them immediately. The pictures were never posted. When I asked about this over the weekend, the employee told me that either a) she was unable to open the pictures (they were jpg), or b) they were the wrong size, or c) she wrote back stating that she was having a problem with them. I never heard back, and I would appreciate it very much, please, if you would search the shelter’s email history and verify that the attempt to contact me was actually made, because I don’t believe it.d) I don’t know if you’re aware, but an individual can’t get an animal’s profile on Petfinders without going through the shelter. Precious weeks have passed while the highly adoptable kittens have grown, every day less adoptable.(I eventually posted a picture to the shelter Facebook page myself, but still can’t get on Petfinders.)And that returns me to the shelter employee’s “can’t do” mentality.Some of the shelter employees aren't at all pro-active. Instead of engaging the public at the adoption event over the weekend, one was too busy reading a book. I love books. I'm a writer, and I'm all for books! But not when an animal's life and future is at stake. When you have an adoption event, you need to be working on getting those animals adopted. When at work, you need to be working.I also think that you need to get the animals closer to the people, not so far away that people don't even see them! I went into the football crowd to try to rouse interest, and even when I pointed out the awning, some people still couldn't see it. I was told that the animals aren’t set up close to the public because they will get too excited. But by not doing so, it sends the message that they aren’t socialized. I think y’all could learn a lot from some of the rescue groups, such as the one having an event on the 19th. And that brings me to another issue that isn’t the fault of the shelter, the director, or the employees, but maybe one you should be aware of all the same. With attitudes like this from some of the individuals who rescue / foster towards the general public like me who don’t normally do so, and who don’t know the ins and outs of it, and ask for advice, are not helpful. This was one of the nicer ones. (If you're reading this, I'm sorry, but you'll have to go to the blog to see the comments which couldn't be embedded here.)Thank you very much for your time and attention, Mr. Smith. I look forward to hearing from you regarding these matters.Sincerely,Unfortunately, I never heard back from this man after three letters, a face-to-face with the shelter employees, and a phone call. I didn't hear back from him until I had to call the mayor, Allen Latimer, who seems to be a nice man. And when I talked to the new animal control director, all I got was more "can't do."Please visit the My Name is Jane Austen Facebook Page and begin at the bottom, where details are given that inspired me to begin the page in the first place. https://www.facebook.com/My-Name-is-Jane-Austen-551118924953287/ UPDATE: Someone kindly sent me a link to this blog article on the investigation of animal abuse at the shelter. Please report it, should it become broken. Thanks. https://yesbiscuit.com/2012/10/18/we-will-not-tolerate-the-abuse-of-any-animal-huge-asterisk/UPDATE IN NOVEMBER 2016: I can no longer support Mayor Latimer. Yes, he's nice on the surface, but is maddeningly OBTUSE about many issues in this town. He wants the glory of the job, but fails to make any constructive changes. He makes a BIG SHOW about how much he loves animals whenever there is criticism about the shelter, but he only loves HIS animals. He doesn't give a damn about yours or anyone else's. Read Less

Welcome to Horn Lake, Mississippi Part 1 0.5 rating By Horn Lake Resident ( Dec 01, 2016) Welcome to Horn Lake, Mississippi where we’re sanctioned to vandalize your car. We’re serious about our parking ordinances in Horn Lake; so serious that we skip the courtesy notice and fair warning, and go straight to defacing your property. After all, you should have known y ...Read More ou’re not allowed to park on your own grass. How long have you lived in Horn Lake? A month? A month is plenty long enough to acquaint yourself with our local ordinances. Don’t you go to the town meetings? Haven’t you stopped by City Hall to research all the possible laws you might be breaking just by living in Horn Lake? Well, too bad for you, then. Paper tickets under the windshield wiper? Why, yes, we’ve heard of them, but those are too easy to ignore, too easy to throw away. We really want your attention! The cop next door to you had us come out and post the entire street corner by his house as a No Parking Zone, so on-street parking is forbidden. Then there’s that fire hydrant you can’t block between the corner and the only four feet of grass that’s yours, so don’t have anyone over to visit unless you can talk a neighbor into letting them park in his or her driveway, because there just isn’t anywhere else. You might try the edge of the park one street over. Just don’t let us catch you there. You also can’t bike, rollerblade, or skateboard there. God knows The South, and Horn Lake, in particular, is famous for the residents being tubs of lard so no exercise in the park! No fun! It’s forbidden. We must keep our reputation for being an ignorant bunch of hicks at all cost! Now go move your car before we tow it off. And welcome to Horn Lake, Mississippi. Thinking of moving to Horn Lake? There are more posts you might want to read before finalizing that decision! You can find them on Blography of a Southern Writer. Not sure links are allowed here, so just google it. Lots of pictures, lots of details. I write about my experiences here. Yours may be different.. Elvis Presley Priscilla Presley Graceland Circle G ranch honeymoon 1974 divorce destin, florida allen latimer allan latimer davage "buddy" runnels, jr goodman road horn lake Mississippi 301 5003405 Edenshire Horn Lake 3405 Edenshire Horn Lake 3405 Edenshire Horn Lake 3405 Edenshire Horn Lake 3405 Edenshire Horn Lake 3405 Edenshire Horn Lake 3405 Edenshire Horn Lake500 acres first phase betting the ranch horn lake chamber of commerce cottages stables senior living hotel housing shopping lake outdoor music go-kart racing convention center elvis museum golf course restaurant concert auditorium high-rise towers biggest thing to hit mississipi since Nissan branson, mo las vegas African American population top 10 list top ten cities grown 12 percent anita rainey don Wilkinson Desoto county Mississippi rodger motz varina hopper gary rikard federal ozone standards elvis circle g ranch davage runnels davage runnels, jr. buddy runnels betting the ranch Read Less

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Welcome to Horn Lake, Mississippi Part 1 0.5 rating By Horn Lake Resident ( Dec 01, 2016) Welcome to Horn Lake, Mississippi where we’re sanctioned to vandalize your car. We’re serious about our parking ordinances in Horn Lake; so serious that we skip the courtesy notice and fair warning, and go straight to defacing your property. After all, you should have known y ...Read More ou’re not allowed to park on your own grass. How long have you lived in Horn Lake? A month? A month is plenty long enough to acquaint yourself with our local ordinances. Don’t you go to the town meetings? Haven’t you stopped by City Hall to research all the possible laws you might be breaking just by living in Horn Lake? Well, too bad for you, then. Paper tickets under the windshield wiper? Why, yes, we’ve heard of them, but those are too easy to ignore, too easy to throw away. We really want your attention! The cop next door to you had us come out and post the entire street corner by his house as a No Parking Zone, so on-street parking is forbidden. Then there’s that fire hydrant you can’t block between the corner and the only four feet of grass that’s yours, so don’t have anyone over to visit unless you can talk a neighbor into letting them park in his or her driveway, because there just isn’t anywhere else. You might try the edge of the park one street over. Just don’t let us catch you there. You also can’t bike, rollerblade, or skateboard there. God knows The South, and Horn Lake, in particular, is famous for the residents being tubs of lard so no exercise in the park! No fun! It’s forbidden. We must keep our reputation for being an ignorant bunch of hicks at all cost! Now go move your car before we tow it off. And welcome to Horn Lake, Mississippi. Thinking of moving to Horn Lake? There are more posts you might want to read before finalizing that decision! You can find them on Blography of a Southern Writer. Not sure links are allowed here, so just google it. Lots of pictures, lots of details. I write about my experiences here. Yours may be different.. Elvis Presley Priscilla Presley Graceland Circle G ranch honeymoon 1974 divorce destin, florida allen latimer allan latimer davage "buddy" runnels, jr goodman road horn lake Mississippi 301 5003405 Edenshire Horn Lake 3405 Edenshire Horn Lake 3405 Edenshire Horn Lake 3405 Edenshire Horn Lake 3405 Edenshire Horn Lake 3405 Edenshire Horn Lake 3405 Edenshire Horn Lake500 acres first phase betting the ranch horn lake chamber of commerce cottages stables senior living hotel housing shopping lake outdoor music go-kart racing convention center elvis museum golf course restaurant concert auditorium high-rise towers biggest thing to hit mississipi since Nissan branson, mo las vegas African American population top 10 list top ten cities grown 12 percent anita rainey don Wilkinson Desoto county Mississippi rodger motz varina hopper gary rikard federal ozone standards elvis circle g ranch davage runnels davage runnels, jr. buddy runnels betting the ranch Read Less