Memphis/N. Miss

[MrCoffee]

Anyone living in the area care to share info. Good, bad, ugly? Got a wife and two toddlers, poking around the area, thinking about making the move.

 

[qratez]

Dont do it unless your moving from Oakland or Detroit. Other wise you will be downgrading for sure.

 

[Gregorio]

First, don't do it. However, if you do do it, get at least an hour away from Memphis. North Mississippi is much better than anywhere in tennessee around Memphis. I'd consider going about 2 hours east of memphis. There are some pretty nice areas around Corinth, Mississippi, or a little to the north around Shiloh park in Tennessee. Don't base your decision around the need to sit reserve, you won't be on reserve very long and it's better to hold a crash pad for a few months than commit to a place you can't stand for several years. A two hour drive to work is no big deal if you only do it two or three times a month, which is the norm once you hold a line.

Basically, get outside the Memphis sphere of enfluence and you'll be okay. Life's too short to live in a $hithole.

 

[JDriver]

I am moving to Olive Branch. Coming from New Orleans, Olive Branch is nice. Home prices are more affordable. It is only about a 20 minute drive to the terminal.

 

[VaB]

Anyone living in the area care to share info. Good, bad, ugly? Got a wife and two toddlers, poking around the area, thinking about making the move.

Beats commuting.

There are definitely better places in the world to live, but if you like to see your wife and kids, this is the place to be. Collierville, Germantown, most of the places outside of the 240 loop are good. I don't know a lot about the places in MS just south of Memphis, but I hear they are good. If you do a F.I. search on the subject, you'll find a bunch of stuff has already been said about it.

Good: Drive to and from work. Home a lot more. Low cost of living.

Bad: Crime in the city. City government is run by a bunch of criminals. Racism. Bible thumpers abound (most of them are OK, just a run in with one every now and then). The weather is goofy, it's to hot in the summer and to cold in the winter and usually there is nothing in between (like spring and fall). 7-8 hours to the closest beach, unless you count a lake.

Ugly: The Grizzlies suck this year (4-13, but they have a bright future)


I think the positives out far outweigh the negatives. But, I guess since I live here, I'm not very impartial. The people that need to speak up are the ones that have either 1) moved away but have positive things to say or 2) live here and don't like it (LIVE here does not mean have crashpads, I know you guys don't like it)

Good luck in whatever you choose.

 

[Longhorn]

C'mon guys, east memphis is really nice.....like nashville, and knoxville

 

[Enterprise]

I lived in Germantown for 10 years. It is a very nice place to live. Just don't plan on venturing too far west. If I went back I would either go to Collierville, Lakeland, or down into Olive Branch. Shelby County Schools are a must if you live in TN. I hear that North Mississippi schools are nice but the county school system has more money.

 

[Pinkslip]

Memphis is the worst city I have ever lived in!!!!! I cannot begin to tell you the things I have seen. STAY AWAY. FAR AWAY!

 

[kc10/c130]

Be smart and bring your family down for a week "vacation" to explore MEM and northern Miss. I grew up here and most of my family still lives here but it takes getting used to. I have several friends who moved here to only move away in a couple of years. Two points to emphasize: 1: East Memphis isn't all its cracked up to be, although EAST Memphis (Nashville and Knoxville) is. 2: I live in Indiana now. Good luck and make an informed decision because commuting is pretty great.

 

[Huck]

Check out Oxford, MS. ~1:20 to the airport and a nice college town. I'd move there, and I still may.....

 

[AlbieF15]

STFU Huck.

North Mississippi sucks. Stay away. Its awful. State income taxes, Mississippi Burning, racism, rednecks, 2 awful college football teams...

Go to Collierville or Germantown.

(Huck--if we wanna keep our duck blinds private I've GOT to get you to shut up!)

 

[Huck]

And while we're at it, the gulf coast blows too.....

 

[MrCoffee]

I appreciate all the input, I guess I'm wondering if there is ANYone that really enjoys living there and are glad they moved there. The best I've heard from anyone is that it's not AS bad as people make it out to be. I'm just looking to make life easier on my wife and kids by being home a little more often. Every time we decide we are gonna make the move though, I hear so much negative discriptions of life in the Memphis area, kinda stops you dead in your tracks.

 

[kc10/c130]

Where is that number for the realtor in Oxford? Hmmmm. Next thing Huck and Albie are going to tell you is how ugly Ole Miss girls are. But I digress.

 

[Falconjet]

Mr. Coffee: I moved to Collierville 4.5 years ago from Mobile, AL. I like Mobile, spent 9 of 20 years in the CG there. I am a southerner at heart (born in Canada however, CG brat).

I like Collierville, and my family LOVES Collierville. Yes, Memphis is a pit, we don't go there often. It is not really any different than any other large city in my opinion, I don't like any big city. I would love to live in Knoxville or somewhere outside of Nashville, but for now the family life here is way too good for us to consider moving.

Coming from Mobile (my adopted hometown) we upgraded in schools significantly, neighborhood, and community. We are very happy here and there are plenty of other places in the surrounding area that would be nice also, as mentioned by some of the other posters.

If you'd like any more specific info feel free to pm me (no my wife isn't a realtor and I don't sell Amway on the side). Try not to let those who bash the place influence you too much. Visit, look around and make up your own mind.

Growth at FedEx could stop or slow down any minute, and being able to drive into work each day or fly pm out and backs (if that is what you like) in order to spend MUCH more time at home with your young family will WAY more than offset the downside of living around Memphis. I was stuck on reserve for 2 years and probably wouldn't have stuck around if I wasn't living here. But even on the bottom of the list living here was too good to pass up.

Good luck.

FJ

 

[AlbieF15]

And like other things in life--FJ "decided" to be happy and make the best of it. I've been with guys who loved Shaw AFB, Alaska, and Germany...and guys who DETESTED those same places. Life is an attitude.

If you CHOOSE to move to MEM, you can make it work and have a great time. If you CHOOSE to commute, you'll likely make the challenges work too.

Life is an attitude. I love my home...but I also seem to manage to have fun whenver I am in town between trips. There are a LOT of great people at the company, and I"m sure some of them will become your friends for hunting/fishing/sports car racing/furniture refinishing/motocross/Harley riding, or whatever floats your boat.

Panama City sucks however. Don't move here...

 

[HoursHore]

I live in Memphis and Like it. Originally a Midwesterner.

I think the flexibilty that living here gives with your schedule is great. I usually bid Reserve Carry Over, which increases your pay about 20% with out haveing to do one more lick of work thanks to levelling. Ona average I was used 4-8 Days a month in the back of the 10. We'll seee how it is in the 11.
Its easier to Flex if you live here, and pick up trips. And no waiting for a jump seat after a trip.

I live Downtown, by the river, and love the parks and retaruants that are down here. My commute is 13 minutes to the Parking lot. Next summer we are thinking of moving to a house, but we are mainly looking to live in the City, which has some great tree lined neigborhoods. (East Memphis, Central Gardens)

Now, everytime I watch the evening news, I feel like packing up and moving. But they really emphasis crime on the nightly news. However, My Brother lives in Downtown Philly and they have the same problems. And If we do move to afore mentioned neigborhoods, I will be buying a Bull Mastiff and an invisible fence for its nightly patrolling. Also, I am resigned that my kids will have to go to Private Schools, so its like having three sets of property taxes. City, county and Private. But My overall impression is that Living in Memphis makes a good job a great job.

But everyone has a different story.

 

[AlbieF15]

HH...is that a VAN...down by the River? (with apologies to Chris Farley...RIP)

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Nope

HH...is that a VAN...down by the River? (with apologies to Chris Farley...RIP)

...or the busted-up van in the Democrat lot. Not to steal the thread, but there should be a thread about the average car in the Democrat vs what the dude really drives / earns.

BS

 

[stonewall]

1992 Acura Integra with 200,000 miles v. 2004 Chevy Tahoe Z71.