A community that was being considered to host the third season of CMT's hit show Party Down South has officially come together and voiced their overwhelming concerns about the show arriving there.

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Though the show could still legally film in the city of Ocean Springs, Miss. for their third season, they will not be welcomed kindly by residents, who showed up in mass to a meeting at City Hall Tuesday night, asking that a resolution promoting "traditional values" be passed for the town, effectively proving that the show does not mesh with the community.

The Board of Aldermen appeared to share the concerns with the townsfolk, and passed the resolution.

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"We realize the importance of encouraging business within our city and appreciate the investment this production is willing to make to film in our city," the resolution reads. "However, weighed against traditional family values held by so many of the citizens...we cannot justify supporting this production in any way."

This is not the first time the show has met significant resistance from residents of a town they planned to film in. They originally planned to film the second season in Pensacola, Fla., but also met a social media resistance campaign called "Locals Against Party Down South," which petitioned that the cast not be allowed to film there, citing their promiscuity and drunken nights.

"Jersey Shore and Party Down South are like the TV producers big inside joke of stereotyping us," Pensacola residents Amber Kelley and Bri Snellgrove wrote in a February Facebook post. "PDS makes a mockery of our Southern pride by showing adults who claim to have manners and then cut immediately to some of the worst behavior seen outside of a frat house."

Even after the show relocated to Athens, Ga. it met resistance, as both the mayor and local business owners rejected the cast at points.

The premise of the show, which filmed its first season in Murrells Inlet, S.C., follows eight young Southerners as they party, drink, and engage in promiscuous behaviors over the course of a summer. The cast includes: 31-year-old Josh Murray from Louise, Miss., 28-year-old Lyle Boudreaux from Lafayette, La., 33-year-old Ryan "Daddy" Richards from Orange Beach, Ala., 26-year-old Walt Windham from Frankfort, Ky., 21-year-old Lauren White from Pineville, La., 24-year-old Mattie Breaux from Gheens, La., 23-year-old Taylor "Lil Bit" Wright from Rockingham, N.C. and 25-year-old Tiffany Heinen from Eunice, La.

Party Down South season 2 premieres Thursday, June 5 at 10 p.m. on CMT.

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