Talk:St. Simons, Georgia

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[edit] population

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)


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.

[edit] 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)
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)
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)
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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)