(09-19-2014 04:43 PM)TeKERaider Wrote: I would love to see a poll of people who left Memphis to see how many want to go back.
When I worked for Apple I opened the stores in Nashville and Knoxville...I actually lived at College Grove in the Boro...I was never so happy to return home, to Memphis.
I wouldn't be pumping my chest out. Memphis is 3rd on this list. I said top not 1st.
I also see Nashville and Knoxville on that list...TN, as a State, has a crime problem.
Of course every big city in TN is going to be on a list about TN crime. Those cities however don't come in 4th in the nation in violent crime like memphis. http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mlj45jggj/4-memphis/
That's based on 2 1/2 year old data...crime in Memphis is now down 21.6% from 2007...and dropping.
(09-19-2014 03:55 PM)Blueraidersig Wrote: I wouldn't be pumping my chest out. Memphis is 3rd on this list. I said top not 1st.
I also see Nashville and Knoxville on that list...TN, as a State, has a crime problem.
Of course every big city in TN is going to be on a list about TN crime. Those cities however don't come in 4th in the nation in violent crime like memphis. http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mlj45jggj/4-memphis/
That's based on 2 1/2 year old data...crime in Memphis is now down 21.6% from 2007...and dropping.
(09-19-2014 04:28 PM)BlueRaider0x0 Wrote: Memphis really is a dump. The public apathy about this city is alarming. Everyone I work with are always trying to figure out how to leave this city. I'm one of them. There are many reasons why too. The biggest thing to me is how rude the locals are.
But as to the game it's time MT fans stop trashing and start respecting our opponents program. Their fans expect a lot out of their team and have been disrespectful at times. That doesn't make it right for us to act the same way. This is 2014. New squads will take the field tomorrow and it doesn't matter who has done what. Memphis does appear to have improved and I'm happy their fans are not looking forward to basketball season. I feel Memphis is on the rise, just like MT. I think it'll be a good game. I'm just asking MT fans to act your age, not your shoe size (and yes I'm included).
lol...of course you are.
I want folks like you gone, just as bad as you want to leave...
I seriously don't take offense to it. And it's nice to actually meet that FIRST person who is happy to live in this suck town. I gave it an opportunity to be a positive living experience but the locals (folks like you) and this environment make it impossible.
(This post was last modified: 09-19-2014 05:36 PM by BlueRaider0x0.)
(09-19-2014 04:28 PM)BlueRaider0x0 Wrote: Memphis really is a dump. The public apathy about this city is alarming. Everyone I work with are always trying to figure out how to leave this city. I'm one of them. There are many reasons why too. The biggest thing to me is how rude the locals are.
But as to the game it's time MT fans stop trashing and start respecting our opponents program. Their fans expect a lot out of their team and have been disrespectful at times. That doesn't make it right for us to act the same way. This is 2014. New squads will take the field tomorrow and it doesn't matter who has done what. Memphis does appear to have improved and I'm happy their fans are not looking forward to basketball season. I feel Memphis is on the rise, just like MT. I think it'll be a good game. I'm just asking MT fans to act your age, not your shoe size (and yes I'm included).
lol...of course you are.
I want folks like you gone, just as bad as you want to leave...
I seriously don't take offense to it. And it's nice to actually meet that FIRST person who is happy to live in this suck town. I gave it an opportunity to be a positive living experience but the locals (folks like you) and this environment make it impossible.
Seriously, why do you live somewhere you hate so much? No job could ever justify that to me unless it was some seven-figure job.
I want you to be where you are happy so Memphis can move on without the constant b@&$?ing and moaning from the Miserables.
You have a car, Nashville has jobs open...go...fly free, little bird!
(This post was last modified: 09-19-2014 05:42 PM by UofMemphis.)
(09-18-2014 07:30 AM)TeKERaider Wrote: I get why Memphis doesn't want to play us. If you're going to lose either way, which they consistantly have, they might as well play a big school and get a paycheck. No sense in taking a constant beatdown and not getting any money out of the deal.
Bingo! Why pay someone to beat your A** When someone is willing to pay you to beat your A**
(09-18-2014 07:30 AM)TeKERaider Wrote: I get why Memphis doesn't want to play us. If you're going to lose either way, which they consistantly have, they might as well play a big school and get a paycheck. No sense in taking a constant beatdown and not getting any money out of the deal.
Bingo! Why pay someone to beat your A** When someone is willing to pay you to beat your A**
I still see UT and Mississippi on our schedules...so much for your grand theory.
(This post was last modified: 09-19-2014 05:49 PM by UofMemphis.)
(09-19-2014 04:28 PM)BlueRaider0x0 Wrote: Memphis really is a dump. The public apathy about this city is alarming. Everyone I work with are always trying to figure out how to leave this city. I'm one of them. There are many reasons why too. The biggest thing to me is how rude the locals are.
But as to the game it's time MT fans stop trashing and start respecting our opponents program. Their fans expect a lot out of their team and have been disrespectful at times. That doesn't make it right for us to act the same way. This is 2014. New squads will take the field tomorrow and it doesn't matter who has done what. Memphis does appear to have improved and I'm happy their fans are not looking forward to basketball season. I feel Memphis is on the rise, just like MT. I think it'll be a good game. I'm just asking MT fans to act your age, not your shoe size (and yes I'm included).
lol...of course you are.
I want folks like you gone, just as bad as you want to leave...
I seriously don't take offense to it. And it's nice to actually meet that FIRST person who is happy to live in this suck town. I gave it an opportunity to be a positive living experience but the locals (folks like you) and this environment make it impossible.
Seriously, why do you live somewhere you hate so much? No job could ever justify that to me unless it was some seven-figure job.
I want you to be where you are happy so Memphis can move on without the constant b@&$?ing and moaning from the Miserables.
You have a car, Nashville has jobs open...go...fly free, little bird!
Well not 7 figures, but a secure 6 figure job will do it... I don't hate Memphis enough to leave it because I live like a king here. Lol. Most everyone comes to Memphis for a job. It's not by personal decision.
(09-19-2014 04:28 PM)BlueRaider0x0 Wrote: Memphis really is a dump. The public apathy about this city is alarming. Everyone I work with are always trying to figure out how to leave this city. I'm one of them. There are many reasons why too. The biggest thing to me is how rude the locals are.
But as to the game it's time MT fans stop trashing and start respecting our opponents program. Their fans expect a lot out of their team and have been disrespectful at times. That doesn't make it right for us to act the same way. This is 2014. New squads will take the field tomorrow and it doesn't matter who has done what. Memphis does appear to have improved and I'm happy their fans are not looking forward to basketball season. I feel Memphis is on the rise, just like MT. I think it'll be a good game. I'm just asking MT fans to act your age, not your shoe size (and yes I'm included).
lol...of course you are.
I want folks like you gone, just as bad as you want to leave...
I seriously don't take offense to it. And it's nice to actually meet that FIRST person who is happy to live in this suck town. I gave it an opportunity to be a positive living experience but the locals (folks like you) and this environment make it impossible.
Seriously, why do you live somewhere you hate so much? No job could ever justify that to me unless it was some seven-figure job.
I want you to be where you are happy so Memphis can move on without the constant b@&$?ing and moaning from the Miserables.
You have a car, Nashville has jobs open...go...fly free, little bird!
Well not 7 figures, but a secure 6 figure job will do it... I don't hate Memphis enough to leave it because I live like a king here. Lol. Most everyone comes to Memphis for a job. It's not by personal decision.
Biting the hand that feeds you...so damn typical.
But as Katt Williams says: "Make yo paper boo-boo"
And yes, choosing to move your family for a job is both a personal, and business decision...you made your bed, now lie in it.
(This post was last modified: 09-19-2014 06:34 PM by UofMemphis.)
(09-19-2014 06:42 PM)BlueRaider0x0 Wrote: With the money I make I can deal with the BS that is Memphis. Lol
Then stop complaining...Memphis and it's jobs such as: FedEx, AutoZone, International Paper, Medtronic, Mitsubishi, Electrolux, Nike, Brother, Sharp, St Jude, the University of Memphis, Rhodes, CBU, the MED, etc...are the reason you can brag about "living like a king" in this city you hate so much.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you. (and your family)
Those jobs (and the money) don't change the morale of the city. Like I said, I've tried. I came in with an open mind but am now jaded. I'm one of the most easy-going people you'll meet. I think you're getting defensive because you've come across plenty who say what I say. Universities aside you know there are too many problems here. Also I belong to none of those corporations. Also I'll bite any of the 21 host cities who feed me. I stay in Memphis for my reasons. And it has NOTHING to do with this suck town.
(This post was last modified: 09-19-2014 07:10 PM by BlueRaider0x0.)
(09-19-2014 07:07 PM)BlueRaider0x0 Wrote: Those jobs (and the money) don't change the morale of the city. Like I said, I've tried. I came in with an open mind but am now jaded. I'm one of the most easy-going people you'll meet. I think you're getting defensive because you've come across plenty who say what I say. Universities aside you know there are too many problems here. Also I belong to none of those corporations. Also I'll bite any of the 21 host cities who feed me. I stay in Memphis for my reasons. And it has NOTHING to do with this suck town.
Hate to break it to you, but from the perspective of folks where I live --northern Iowa/southern Minnesota area--most who have been to both Memphis and the Nashville area, can't tell much difference between the two.
The narcissism of small differences I think is the term that applies to the city smack between the areas.
(This post was last modified: 09-19-2014 08:31 PM by cotton1991.)
That's the first I've heard of it. People in Nashville are much happier though. I'm not particularly concerned with those who live in Iowa and Minnesota. I've lived both places. There is a huge difference. And I've known plenty of people from all over who would beg to differ. Nationally there is a huge perception and reality gap between Nashville and Memphis.
(This post was last modified: 09-19-2014 08:39 PM by BlueRaider0x0.)
(09-19-2014 08:37 PM)BlueRaider0x0 Wrote: That's the first I've heard of it. People in Nashville are much happier though. I'm not particularly concerned with those who live in Iowa and Minnesota. I've lived both places. There is a huge difference.
Where in Iowa or Minnesota did you live?
My point is that the smack between Nashville and Memphis seems about the same as the smack between, say, Omaha and Des Moines---where an outsider couldn't tell the difference between either one, but locals magnify it for some reason. That's the term "narcissism of small differences."
(This post was last modified: 09-19-2014 08:41 PM by cotton1991.)
(09-19-2014 07:07 PM)BlueRaider0x0 Wrote: Those jobs (and the money) don't change the morale of the city. Like I said, I've tried. I came in with an open mind but am now jaded. I'm one of the most easy-going people you'll meet. I think you're getting defensive because you've come across plenty who say what I say. Universities aside you know there are too many problems here. Also I belong to none of those corporations. Also I'll bite any of the 21 host cities who feed me. I stay in Memphis for my reasons. And it has NOTHING to do with this suck town.
You sure won't be changing my mind, and If you enjoy being miserable here, I'll just pity you from over here in wonderful 38104. No amount of money would make me live somewhere I couldn't stand. The folks I live around here in midtown revitalized Cooper-Young and Overton Square...I love visiting the Zoo and catching shows at the Shell. You sound like someone out in East Memphis or the burbs with their nose up in the air. Cooper-Young Fest was great last week.
It is what it is. Perception and reality is Memphis sucks. I'm not trying to change your mind. If you find happiness so be it. I don't care either way. Lol
(09-19-2014 08:37 PM)BlueRaider0x0 Wrote: That's the first I've heard of it. People in Nashville are much happier though. I'm not particularly concerned with those who live in Iowa and Minnesota. I've lived both places. There is a huge difference.
Where in Iowa or Minnesota did you live?
My point is that the smack between Nashville and Memphis seems about the same as the smack between, say, Omaha and Des Moines---where an outsider couldn't tell the difference between either one, but locals magnify it for some reason. That's the term "narcissism of small differences."
Well I haven't. But I have a brother who lives in Lincoln and a sister-in-law who lived in Ames. I really like Lincoln when I visit but they both have stated they prefer Nashville.
(09-19-2014 08:37 PM)BlueRaider0x0 Wrote: That's the first I've heard of it. People in Nashville are much happier though. I'm not particularly concerned with those who live in Iowa and Minnesota. I've lived both places. There is a huge difference.
Where in Iowa or Minnesota did you live?
My point is that the smack between Nashville and Memphis seems about the same as the smack between, say, Omaha and Des Moines---where an outsider couldn't tell the difference between either one, but locals magnify it for some reason. That's the term "narcissism of small differences."
And since you brought it up I have known 4 people from Minnesota since I've been here. 1 moved back after less than 1 year working for one of the companies your boy listed. The other 3 work with me and speak daily of getting out.
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I still see UT and Mississippi on our schedules...so much for your grand theory.
