How is it living in Memphis

[Diesel]

I'll take the combat zone in boston over ANY section of memphis... The place is a dump, its dirty, the traffic sucks, and concrete everywhere WTF I live in the city of boston and there isn't as much concrete as memphis. How about this you try and grow something instead of hot topping it. The nice neighborhoods (white) remind me of a compound in jeddah.

I don't even like driving through there. What a dump.

 

[Lippy]

I love how everybody tip-toes around the real problem with Memphis.

 

[Beertini]

What could that possibly be Lippy? Please do tell! :bomb:

 

[ARJLVR]

I love how everybody tip-toes around the real problem with Memphis.

...and yet, you don't call it out yourself. Most of the negative posts are from non-native Memphians. How could a recent transplant (who didn't want to be here in the first place) know what the real problem is here?

Most Memphians would say politics and race-relations. The city is currently run by a circus of incredibly immoral people, though there are a few good ones in the bunch. It's our own freakin' fault b/c these clowns get elected over & over, but I suspect the tide will turn in the coming year, at least to some degree. Most of the crime is black-on-black and mostly drug related. Crime can, and does, happen in all areas of the city and the suburbs, but the worst of it is in the areas I posted previously.

If more people, natives/transplants, would GET INVOLVED in their communities/schools and stop expecting someone else to solve their problems I think we'd all be better off. I like it, it's home and I feel safe taking precautions I would take in any other city. For example, I know better than to walk down dark alleys at night, to hang out in known questionable areas of the city and to leave a laptop sitting in the front seat of the car. Doing any of these things, in any city, is incredibly stupid.

 

[Lowrider717]

whatever....I'm home all of the time....If that's not your thing...go spend six months a year away from your family and try to tell yourself it's for their own good.

Don't frag others for making their own choices to provide for their families. We all make sacrafices. There are plenty of service men and women who have given much more than 6 mo. a year to provide for their families and its for all our good. Just because someone doesn't live your ideals doesn't make it wrong.

 

[Lippy]

What could that possibly be Lippy? Please do tell! :bomb:

We don't have a brand new football stadium. Duh.

 

[Diesel]

I like it, it's home and I feel safe taking precautions I would take in any other city. For example, I know better than to walk down dark alleys at night, to hang out in known questionable areas of the city and to leave a laptop sitting in the front seat of the car. Doing any of these things, in any city, is incredibly stupid.

The difference with memphis is you can't do this in any section of the city. Unlike boston where you don't need to take precautions because certain sections of the city are safe, to the point where a woman can walk around at 3am and someone will escort her home to make sure she is safe.

Memphis, they'd walk her home, filet her like a fish and steal her purse. Then claim that since they are under 16 they are juvies.

 

[Purpledriver]

Don't frag others for making their own choices to provide for their families. We all make sacrafices. There are plenty of service men and women who have given much more than 6 mo. a year to provide for their families and its for all our good. Just because someone doesn't live your ideals doesn't make it wrong.

Been there, done that. Matter of fact, I still do serve in the reserves. I support everyones right to choose to commute, if that's your thing...great. For those of us that don't what to, quit comparing inner city Memphis to Germantown / Collierville etc.....I've never seen a group of people so quick to bash someone's hometown...(Fedex guys in general...not this board)

 

[Diesel]

Wow never thought someone was able to take a memphis Craphole or not argument and be able to turn it mili/civi

 

[jstars135]

I love how everybody tip-toes around the real problem with Memphis.

Its simple. I'm not a professional code-breaker, but I believe this thread is average-white-guy code for "There's a whole lotta black folk living there."