(03-14-2015 02:06 PM)BearcatsUC Wrote:  Sorry, but outside of Beale, Memphis is scary, SCARY. Never seen a city with so many homes with bars on their windows.

And far as Beale goes, eh...I walked up and down it a few times, saw it, done it...kind of like Graceland - once you've seen it you can cross it off your list and move on to the next thing.

I would recommend you try Overton Square or Cooper Young area next time you visit.

(03-14-2015 09:31 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  Memphis has a soul that is so unique that you either "get it" or you don't. Those that "get it" really enjoy it while those that don't can sometimes be miserable while they are here.

That's just the way it is and it no longer bothers me when folks like BearcatsUC don't have the capacity to understand it.

Many Memphians have learned to just move on without apology. If you don't "get it", there are hundreds of cookie cutter cities around for you.

Yep. Either you get it or you don't.

Wife's family lives in Memphis. When they tell me where I shouldn't go I listen but in the back of my head I'm thinking, Yo, I'm from Philly, this place doesn't scare me.

I like both Memphis and Nashville, but Memphis has more soul IMO.

(03-14-2015 10:01 PM)GLinPa Wrote:  Wife's family lives in Memphis. When they tell me where I shouldn't go I listen but in the back of my head I'm thinking, Yo, I'm from Philly, this place doesn't scare me.

I like both Memphis and Nashville, but Memphis has more soul IMO.

How can a city have soul?

(03-14-2015 10:27 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 10:01 PM)GLinPa Wrote:  Wife's family lives in Memphis. When they tell me where I shouldn't go I listen but in the back of my head I'm thinking, Yo, I'm from Philly, this place doesn't scare me.

I like both Memphis and Nashville, but Memphis has more soul IMO.

How can a city have soul?

The city talks to you

(03-14-2015 10:01 PM)GLinPa Wrote:  Wife's family lives in Memphis. When they tell me where I shouldn't go I listen but in the back of my head I'm thinking, Yo, I'm from Philly, this place doesn't scare me.

I like both Memphis and Nashville, but Memphis has more soul IMO.

It totally does.

(03-14-2015 10:49 PM)Ramen_Tiger Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 10:27 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 10:01 PM)GLinPa Wrote:  Wife's family lives in Memphis. When they tell me where I shouldn't go I listen but in the back of my head I'm thinking, Yo, I'm from Philly, this place doesn't scare me.

I like both Memphis and Nashville, but Memphis has more soul IMO.

How can a city have soul?

The city talks to you

Only if you're crazy.

(03-14-2015 04:18 PM)cotton1991 Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 04:01 PM)tnzazz Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 03:41 PM)BearcatsUC Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 02:28 PM)Ramen_Tiger Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 02:06 PM)BearcatsUC Wrote:  Sorry, but outside of Beale, Memphis is scary, SCARY. Never seen a city with so many homes with bars on their windows.

And far as Beale goes, eh...I walked up and down it a few times, saw it, done it...kind of like Graceland - once you've seen it you can cross it off your list and move on to the next thing.

Cincy has room to talk?

Yes. I've lived in inner city Cincinnati - for 11 years in fact. I'd move back in a heartbeat. NO comparison between Cincinnati and Memphis. None.

My favorite memory of Memphis was listening to the sound of gunfire at midnight on New Years.

Like I said, Beale is nice, but I ventured outside because I wanted to see the REAL Memphis. Scary. Very Scary.

You got some balls especially if you did that at night. Yes, New Years gunshots are a annual tradition.

Years and years ago when I was in New Orleans, I had a summer job working with a roofer. Almost every single roof I climbed on, just about anywhere in the city had bullet-holes from New Years Eve, which sounded like an hour's worth of nonstop machine guns.

About 20 yr. ago, a lady from out of state was killed near Jackson Square when a stray bullet hit her head.

I remember that. I happened to go to the Sugar Bowl that year. I remember the local paper tallying up New Orleans murders at 400+.

(03-14-2015 11:10 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 10:49 PM)Ramen_Tiger Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 10:27 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 10:01 PM)GLinPa Wrote:  Wife's family lives in Memphis. When they tell me where I shouldn't go I listen but in the back of my head I'm thinking, Yo, I'm from Philly, this place doesn't scare me.

I like both Memphis and Nashville, but Memphis has more soul IMO.

How can a city have soul?

The city talks to you

Only if you're crazy.

The city talks to me all the time. I think I am mentally stable.

(03-14-2015 11:44 PM)Ramen_Tiger Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 11:10 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 10:49 PM)Ramen_Tiger Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 10:27 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 10:01 PM)GLinPa Wrote:  Wife's family lives in Memphis. When they tell me where I shouldn't go I listen but in the back of my head I'm thinking, Yo, I'm from Philly, this place doesn't scare me.

I like both Memphis and Nashville, but Memphis has more soul IMO.

How can a city have soul?

The city talks to you

Only if you're crazy.

The city talks to me all the time. I think I am mentally stable.

Without judgement, other comments, or explanation; I'll just repeat what I said in a post above and we'll just move on..........

Quote:you either "get it" or you don't.

Memphis is a hoot..."back in the day", use to hit up the roof top happy hours at the Peabody.

Most of the info I know about Memphis today, I get from TV...as one of the best shows ever (best cast definitely) took place in Memphis:

I lived in Memphis for two years, and was just like any other city. Good and bad areas. Germantown is nice, and West Memphis is a pit. Downtown was better than average, and Beale Street is a good time, but I burned out on it after awhile. If they are in an upswing, good for them. Don't understand the Memphis bashing though.

(03-15-2015 08:15 AM)KnightLight Wrote:  Memphis is a hoot..."back in the day", use to hit up the roof top happy hours at the Peabody.

Most of the info I know about Memphis today, I get from TV...as one of the best shows ever (best cast definitely) took place in Memphis:

Poor you

(03-15-2015 08:28 AM)Knightsweat Wrote:  I lived in Memphis for two years, and was just like any other city. Good and bad areas. Germantown is nice, and West Memphis is a pit. Downtown was better than average, and Beale Street is a good time, but I burned out on it after awhile. If they are in an upswing, good for them. Don't understand the Memphis bashing though.

I wasn't "bashing," I was giving an honest opinion. Cincinnati has had crime issues, but the crime rate has been steadily declining over the past decade. Memphis is generally ranked as one of the worst.

http://www.neighborhoodscpout.com/neighb...dangerous/

I will say this. Both cities share a common trait of being river towns that experienced a more economically robust past and are left with the task of rehabilitating large, older sections of the city.

(03-15-2015 08:53 AM)BearcatsUC Wrote:  

(03-15-2015 08:28 AM)Knightsweat Wrote:  I lived in Memphis for two years, and was just like any other city. Good and bad areas. Germantown is nice, and West Memphis is a pit. Downtown was better than average, and Beale Street is a good time, but I burned out on it after awhile. If they are in an upswing, good for them. Don't understand the Memphis bashing though.

I wasn't "bashing," I was giving an honest opinion. Cincinnati has had crime issues, but the crime rate has been steadily declining over the past decade. Memphis is generally ranked as one of the worst.

http://www.neighborhoodscpout.com/neighb...dangerous/

I will say this. Both cities share a common trait of being river towns that experienced a more economically robust past and are left with the task of rehabilitating large, older sections of the city.

I live in Chicago. People from New York are always talking that same crime crap about Chicago. New York has a bunch of crime too, but they sweep a lot of their crap under the rug. Chicago and Memphis are in the middle of the Country's transportation hub and therefore the drug traffickers use the cities to push their junk which of course spikes crime in those cities.

Large cities in general are miserable places to me.

I realize this long went off the rails, but did anyone actually locate study data? All I could find from the wsj link is a four page summary that has literally one sentence about millennials.

(03-14-2015 08:50 PM)tnzazz Wrote:  

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(03-14-2015 05:32 PM)tnzazz Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 04:17 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 02:06 PM)BearcatsUC Wrote:  Sorry, but outside of Beale, Memphis is scary, SCARY... .

I have no idea what part of Memphis you are writing about, because I have been hanging around Memphis for the last couple of days and it's a fantastic town. Every city has tough parts (Hell I have been through Cincinnati and it looked scary in some parts too), but I am here to tell you that they are dropping some serious coin in Memphis. The place is beginning to look better than Nashville.

Yes they are, but Nashville is on a different level then almost EVERY city in America. The things that have and will be done is unheard of outside of Austin. Memphis and Nashville are totally different, which is great for the state. Both have a lot to offer, and make for a great road trip for people interested in visiting TN. I love both cities. Nashville is my home and Memphis is my home away from home.

The Memphis music scene is much more diverse than Nashville's and it includes Country music (which is all that Nashville has). When Memphis complets its renovation of the downtown areas and gets the Blues, Soul, Country and Rock and Roll music crowds from all over the Country converging on the City in large numbers; this place is going to be ridiculous. There are tons of untapped things in Memphis that are just unbelievable. The work that they have done here is very impressive.

Completely wrong. Nashville has what's considered the best rock scene in the US. It is very diverse musical city and with Memphis create an incredible musical area.

And I believe he's completely correct...

Thing is, that's a good thing...it's shows the musical culture and heritage in this State.

(03-15-2015 11:22 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 08:50 PM)tnzazz Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 06:54 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 05:32 PM)tnzazz Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 04:17 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  I have no idea what part of Memphis you are writing about, because I have been hanging around Memphis for the last couple of days and it's a fantastic town. Every city has tough parts (Hell I have been through Cincinnati and it looked scary in some parts too), but I am here to tell you that they are dropping some serious coin in Memphis. The place is beginning to look better than Nashville.

Yes they are, but Nashville is on a different level then almost EVERY city in America. The things that have and will be done is unheard of outside of Austin. Memphis and Nashville are totally different, which is great for the state. Both have a lot to offer, and make for a great road trip for people interested in visiting TN. I love both cities. Nashville is my home and Memphis is my home away from home.

The Memphis music scene is much more diverse than Nashville's and it includes Country music (which is all that Nashville has). When Memphis complets its renovation of the downtown areas and gets the Blues, Soul, Country and Rock and Roll music crowds from all over the Country converging on the City in large numbers; this place is going to be ridiculous. There are tons of untapped things in Memphis that are just unbelievable. The work that they have done here is very impressive.

Completely wrong. Nashville has what's considered the best rock scene in the US. It is very diverse musical city and with Memphis create an incredible musical area.

And I believe he's completely correct...

Thing is, that's a good thing...it's shows the musical culture and heritage in this State.

I'm just saying that Nashville isn't just country, far from it, and an example is the rock scene going on here right now is considered the best in the country. Both scenes are awesome. It annoys me when I go to another city and their live music sucks. In either city, you can hear some musical badass at 9:00am on a Tuesday.

I've always wanted to take one of the signs on I40 from Memphis to Nashville that call it "Music Highway."

Two weeks ago I got to hang with Jack White for about 15 minutes. Very cool dude and I am bragging.

(03-15-2015 01:07 PM)tnzazz Wrote:  

(03-15-2015 11:22 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 08:50 PM)tnzazz Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 06:54 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 05:32 PM)tnzazz Wrote:  Yes they are, but Nashville is on a different level then almost EVERY city in America. The things that have and will be done is unheard of outside of Austin. Memphis and Nashville are totally different, which is great for the state. Both have a lot to offer, and make for a great road trip for people interested in visiting TN. I love both cities. Nashville is my home and Memphis is my home away from home.

The Memphis music scene is much more diverse than Nashville's and it includes Country music (which is all that Nashville has). When Memphis complets its renovation of the downtown areas and gets the Blues, Soul, Country and Rock and Roll music crowds from all over the Country converging on the City in large numbers; this place is going to be ridiculous. There are tons of untapped things in Memphis that are just unbelievable. The work that they have done here is very impressive.

Completely wrong. Nashville has what's considered the best rock scene in the US. It is very diverse musical city and with Memphis create an incredible musical area.

And I believe he's completely correct...

Thing is, that's a good thing...it's shows the musical culture and heritage in this State.

I'm just saying that Nashville isn't just country, far from it, and an example is the rock scene going on here right now is considered the best in the country. Both scenes are awesome. It annoys me when I go to another city and their live music sucks. In either city, you can hear some musical badass at 9:00am on a Tuesday.

I've always wanted to take one of the signs on I40 from Memphis to Nashville that call it "Music Highway."

Two weeks ago I got to hang with Jack White for about 15 minutes. Very cool dude and I am bragging.

I just think that it is strange reading something about Nashville's rock and roll scene considering that Rock and Roll was invented in Memphis. Glad to see Nashville expanding it's horizons, but the Memphis music scene is just simply ridiculous.