FedEx Pilots, where to live in Memphis?

[FCPhotography]

Can anyone recommend a good place to live within a 2 hour drive of Memphis? Thanks.

Good schools, safe, nice neighorhoods, etc.

 

[Goose17]

20 minutes from work

A majority of the guys live in either Germantown or Collierville. Probably the best areas around here. We do have guys living all over the greater area though.

Don't ask me though - I'm moving to Fort Worth in a couple weeks.

Goose17

 

[Diesel]

Lamar ave is a really nice section of town. I highly recomend it.

 

[Huck]

Oxford MS is a great college town about 1:20 away. It'd be dicey to pull reserve, though.....

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

Anywhere on EP BLVD between Graceland and downtown

 

[Ninerfan]

Bartlett

Went thru upgrade with fella who lives in Bartlett (NE of the loop) and loves it. Bit further of a drive but also further from the FEBA (Forward Edge of the Battle Area).

 

[Pecan]

Memphis area

I recently moved back here, and chose to live in a town about 35 minutes south of the airport in Mississippi. I know all the arguments about how MS has income tax and TN has higher property tax...blah..blah.... BUT....I did not want to live in Shelby county due to the Memphis mayor. I think any clear thinking person who has dealings with Memphis can attest to his greed and corruption.

Although Germantown and Collierville are quite nice cities (incorporated as well) please be aware that if the Memphis mayor gets his way, and is successful at consolidating the city and county schools, then watch your wallet!! People and their tax revenue are leaving the city of MEM as fast as possible....crime, taxes, etc... Those who remain behind don't seem to pay a lot of taxes so the Mayor has to look at new ideas to chase the $$.

I also looked at Fayette county (just east of Shelby county), but everyone said the schools were horrible.

Do your homework before making a decision. I'm glad we moved back here. It equates to much more time the family. Good luck.

 

[FCPhotography]

Thanks guys.

 

[1stCivDiv]

We live in the Olive Branch, MS area and that is really nice. Great schools. It is also a 15 min drive to AOC.

 

[Falconjet]

School consolidation is an issue, but not one that I think will change too many things. Shelby county already provides $3 to the city school system for every $1 it spends on schools. I don't know why that provision is there, but it is. Consolidation will simply put the management of the two systems under one group of people. That could be bad, but I don't think it will necessarily cost more in taxes than we already provide for the city schools. I am not in favor of consolidation, because like a merger one side will probably do better than the other, and my guess is that the county school system would be the one to suffer. Most of the schools in Collierville are plenty crowded as it is, and there is a lot of local involvement at those schools. I don't think (and hope) that much would change because the local involvement will still be there.

Of course there is always the option of private schools, which a lot of folks use anyway.

We've lived in Collierville for almost 4 years and my wife and kids love the place. I'm not a big fan of Memphis proper (or any other big city for that matter, I'd much rather live out in the sticks) but it is nice being close enough to stand reserve comfortably without fear of missing a check-in because you have to do the speed of sound to get into work on time. 25 minutes max to the main parking lot in any normal traffic scenario (2 pm or 2 am) and maybe 35 minutes in morning rush hour traffic if you have to go in at "normal" travel times.

I would give all the areas around the city a good look, just like the lines at FedEx, there is almost certainly something for everybody. Most folks who live in Fayette county that I know are pretty happy with their schools as well, so don't discount any area based on a couple of rumors, go out there and take a look around and see which area you like best.

Good luck.

FJ

 

[Purpledog]

Many friends moved there when they were new hires and are now moving away years later. If you plan on settling there, go for it. If you plan on eventually moving, I'd bypass and go someplace you like. Commuting, from most cities, is easy at FDX and you won't be sitting reserve long with the amount of hiring predicted. Welcome aboard.

 

[Deuce130]

For all of you C'vill residents out there, is there any issue with living south of Poplar Ave? I'm considering making the move so I can be home with the fam more than 2 wks a month (like every night instead) and my realtor said there was a slight "stigma" for homes south of Poplar. She said that attitude was going away though and many of the homes I saw there down there were great, as well as the new subdivisions popping up that way. Any thoughts?

P.S. Anyone hear rumors about a Greenville, NC domicile in 2008? If so, maybe I'll hold off on moving...

 

[AdlerDriver]

P.S. Anyone hear rumors about a Greenville, NC domicile in 2008? If so, maybe I'll hold off on moving...

Pretty sure you meant Greensboro, NC.

Sort facility construction is under way. I've not heard any recent rumors about an actual pilot domicile.

 

[stonewall]

I like the idea of G'boro, too. While I doubt it'll be a domicile, but do y'all think it'll be like Indy? Think a lot of lines will start and end outta there? Airbus only? All rumors, no matter how wild and unsubstantiated, are welcome! I live in VA and that would be an easy drive.

 

[Bosshog1]

I am a captain for Pinnacle and I drive in from Jonesboro, AR. About an hour and ten minutes to the parking lot, which is next to the FedEx parking lot. Valley View school district has been the number one school in the state for test scores for the last two years. No gangs or problems to worry about. You can get more house for your money here than in the Memphis area and the taxes and utilities are not bad. Jonesboro is a growing college town and has a new mall to keep the wife happy. Great duck and deer hunting as well if you are into that. Just my two cents!

 

[727RedTails]

I agree that Jonesboro, AR has some nice areas. Plus its not too far from all the lakes in Northern AR like Bull Shoals, Norfork etc.

 

[Falconjet]

No stigma

Duece: I wouldn't say there is any stigma, just the fact that those neighborhoods are pretty new and if you live in the northern part of the city you might never venture down that way. So you just don't tend to think of that area when somebody says they live in Collierville and you ask them where and they mention one of those neighborhoods. No stigma, just not as much familiarity with the new subdivisions on my part.

The only thing I would try to do is stay as far away from Poplar as you can, either north or south, because of the dang trains that run along there. I live about as far to the north as you can and still be in Collierville and we can hear those trains in our house. They run all hours of the day and night, just like the jets going into MEM. I can't imagaine how loud they must be if you lived in one of those very nice, expensive neighborhoods that are right alongside or across the street from those tracks. That would drive me to drink.

Anyway, I don't think there is any stigma to living south of Poplar.

As for GSO, there are going to be 40 gates I think there when they are finished, it might be as many as 70. I have seen the plans for the ramp and it looks pretty much like Indy. I doubt it will be big enough for a domicile in the next 10 years, but who knows. If NW goes tango uniform we might be forced to domicile pilots at all the hubs since there won't be enough flights left in MEM to deadhead us all over the place.

FJ

 

[Huck]

If NW goes tango uniform[....]

Or if they merge with DAL and move flying to ATL.

 

[Babylon]

I can't believe this conversation is going on

Memphis is a s**! hole! I mean it completely sucks. Every time I go there I find a new reason to hate the area. Let me list a few:

1) Weather sucks - out of 12 months you've got 5 months where it is grueling hot and you want to shoot yourself and another 4 months where it's very cold
2) Not an ounce of natural beauty in the area. I mean I challenge one person to name something beautiful about the area
3) Traffic stinks - it's worse than DC or southern California - truly
4) Worst gov't management imaginable. On all aspects - from running the city to fixing the roads - it's truly ridiculous
5) Rampant racisim - white on black and black on white - not a place I want to raise my kids
6) Downright depressing - compared to say the coasts, you'll be depressed living in this area. The shopping stinks, grocery stinks (it's like you stepped back into time when you walk into your local Kroger store), most of the neighborhoods stink

So there you have a few. Yes Collierville and Germantown are ok but hey let's face it you live in Memphis. Whatever happens in Memphis has a huge impact on the entire metropolitan area. Oh yea, real estate is cheap. I wonder why??

Do the right thing - live somewhere nice and commute in. Your family will love you for it. Oh one final thing I forgot - the crew force - night and day difference from working out of Memphis and working out of one of the other domiciles.

 

[Echopapa]

For all of you C'vill residents out there, is there any issue with living south of Poplar Ave?...

I live by the new mall, south of non-connah bon and love it. Houses here are new and big. My neighbors are nice and I have never felt uncomfortable walking around.

I love collierville, and highly recommend it Germantown is also great.

Don't do Cordova....getting annexed. Some love Bartlett, but for me its too far to drive.

If you don't have kids, or plan on doing private school, I would also consider fayette county.

Good Luck.

I am a "professional" RB guy living in memphis and on average fly 7 days a month. Of those 7 days, at least half are out and backs...which I get a lot on reserve. I know there are drawbacks to Memphis, but for 7 days a month its worth the price.