Talk:St. Simons, Georgia

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About the sentences: "Currently, St. Simons Island is a resort community and has many seasonal residents, as well as a steady base of year-round residents. Consequently, many of the residents are retired individuals from other parts of the state or the U.S."

I think that for the income statistics, part-time residents count their income in their primary residence only. The part-time residents probably have primary residence somewhere else and so they don't count in the income statistics. Bubba73 14:35, July 10, 2005 (UTC)

I have absolutely no doubt that you're right. The reason that I thought it was worth noting it, though, was to get to the "retiree" bit. The reason that is important is that St. Simons has a median income that is magnitudes higher than that for Brunswick, Georgia, and I thought it important to indicate how an island with very little indigenous industry could have such a median income. Union Bag (a paper mill that's part of Union Carbide) doesn't pay that well. Geogre 13:55, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I remember reading a statistic several years ago about St. Simon's Island--that it had more Eastern diamondback rattlesnakes per unit of area or per person than anywhere else. That has always fascinated me about it and if it's still true, would be a interesting tidbit to include.

G8 Summit

shouldnt the G8 summit be included? ^{Above commment was left by User:Penguinlad14}

It definitely should. It would take me some time to dig up the information, but if someone else wants to take a crack at it, by all means. Alcarillo 21:27, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The G8 was actially on nearly Sea Island, Georgia, and it is mentioned there, and The Golden Isles of Georgia. However, much of the supporting activity was on St. Simons. (St. Simons is larger, and you have to go over St. Simons to get to Sea Island from the mainland.) Bubba73 (talk), 00:13, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's right, I forgot it was on Sea Island. And I believe a lot of the press operations and conferences were based in Savannah. Alcarillo 15:22, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's right. I remember a lot of the US national news organizations reporting from Savannah, which is 60-70 miles to the north. Bubba73 (talk), 15:50, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mallory/Mallery?

Does someone know the correct spelling for the street and park? I've seen it both ways in lots of different places. For instance, "Mallery" on google maps, and "Mallory" on wikimapia. Just a quick google search for both shows more results for "Mallory", but since I need to have the correct street for a printed document, feedback would be appreciated. Feel free to leave a comment on my talk page. Thanks. Alcarillo 02:27, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have a relative that lives on the street. A few years ago, all the signs were changed from Mallory to Mallery. I beleive Mallery is the correct post office designation but you'll still find older references to the Mallory spelling.--GezelligGiraffe (talk) 08:53, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Haunted History section

I propose that the Haunted History section be removed. First, a couple of little items: 1. The sentence about the lighthouse keeper killing his boss is missing a word 2. It confuses Fort St. Simons with Fort Fredrica - Fort St. Simons was near the lighthouse. But mainly: 3. This information about hauntings is not verifyable, so it is not encyclopedic. Bubba73 (talk), 03:07, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Notable Residents?

I know that Bob Schieffer has a vacation home on nearby Sea Island, so should he be considered a resident of St. Simons? Also, I know Kwame Brown is from the area, but I thought that he was from Brunswick. Can someone verify? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alvesik (talk • contribs) 00:34, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Possible pseudohistorical content

While reading this article I noticed some rather suspicious language in several parts, most notably in the section "Cotton production", but in most places that Gullah people, Geechee people, African people, or African-American people are mentioned, that seem to have been written by someone with an ax to grind about the history of Gullah/Geechee people on the island; This article makes a distinction between the terms "Gullah" and "Geechee", while article "Gullah" on Wikipedia says they are synonymous (in fact, "Geechee" at this time redirects to "Gullah"). I'm no expert on the subject but passages such as "One of the false stories that is told today is the last slave ships to bring slaves from Africa is docked at St. Simons Island. This is false and people also said the slaves rose up against their captors and took control of the ship at a site now known as Igbo Landing, That story is also false!", repeated references to "so-called African-Americans" raise some red flags that someone has been inserting some weird pseudo-historical pet theory into this article. At the very least there is serious problem with the tone of these passages (I don't think exclaimation marks make sense in straight encyclopedic text for starters). It seems that this was added in by an anonymous user in a single edit dated at 15:58, 6 August 2017. I don't edit Wikipedia often, and I don't know much about how to deal with things like this. I also don't know much about the topic involved and am too busy to give this much time. I hope that someone more capable sees this message and is able to give this article a look and fix it if neccessary.2600:1702:2700:71B0:6D3C:FACD:DF41:A360 (talk) 21:47, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This definitely needs some attention. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 22:28, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Is August 6, 2017 the right date for those changes? (I would revert the whole edit, but I can't find it.) Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 22:48, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Elevation

The problem with giving the elevation of a sea side community is that the elevation varies from sea level to whatever the high point of the area is. Elevation is therefore generally some general average, or the elevation of an important landmark. For St. Simon's, I find sources for elevations of 10.3 feet for the lighthouse,Glynn County 7 feet,Topozone 16 feet,U.S. Climate Data and 18 feet for the airport.AirNav So, which source do we choose? - Donald Albury 16:49, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know, but I don't think that 7 feet for the airport is accurate. The others are reasonable. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 18:20, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The seven-foot figure from Topozone and the 16-foot figure from U.S. Climate Data are not tied to any geographical feature. Looking at a topo map (i.e., original research), it looks like the airport is at the high point of the southern, more developed part of the island. I can see going with 10 feet, citing the elevation for the lighthouse given in the county source, or with 16 feet as the elevation of the airport, citing a suitable source. We just need to pick one supported by a reliable source. - Donald Albury 18:45, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I looked at the link to the light house, and I believe the 10.3' for the base of it. But the airport is more of a standard for meteorological data, etc. It may depend on where at the airport it is measured, but the 16' and 18' figures for it are reasonable. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 19:17, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]