LINK: From the Commercial Appeal

The Mayor calls for another study for a new facility while the City continues to struggle with paying the bills and its police force.

LINK: From the Commercial Appeal...Memphis Debt Warning

(05-22-2013 10:21 AM)TG4 Wrote:  LINK: From the Commercial Appeal

The Mayor calls for another study for a new facility while the City continues to struggle with paying the bills and its police force.

LINK: From the Commercial Appeal...Memphis Debt Warning

Is it true that a huge library was built in Memphis and because of structural problems, it sits there empty ? I had someone tell me this a couple of months ago.

Nashville seems to be kicking arse recently. I'm ready for an MLB team-- or at least a nicer Triple A stadium.

Wow looks like a great facility. Nashville is definitely a city on the rise while Memphis appears to be a city in decline.

Nashville>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Knoxville>Chattanooga>>
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I say this as someone who actually likes Memphis, there's nothing that city can do to challenge Nashville in any category, except maybe who has the higher murder rate.

It's a shame too, because if they'd clean that place up, they'd have alot going for it.

Memphis still wins for BBQ. But as a city... Nashville wins hands down.

What's next do you want to post clips from the first 48? Breaking news TG4 is butt hurt at Memphis!!!!! Stop the presses!!!!!!

(05-22-2013 12:48 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  What's next do you want to post clips from the first 48? Breaking news TG4 is butt hurt at Memphis!!!!! Stop the presses!!!!!!

Yeah, it's hard to fathom tg4. He claims to be a MTSU fan but I don't recall his ever posting anything at all about MTSU athletics. He only posts smack about Memphis and I believe he's been banned from the Memphis and the AAC boards. If he's the guy I'm thinking of, he's a banker and a school board member in suburban Nashville--and well in his 50s. Seems strange to me for someone that age.

(05-22-2013 12:35 PM)surlycanon Wrote:  Memphis still wins for BBQ. But as a city... Nashville wins hands down.

Depends on what you like in a city I guess.

I was born and raised in Memphis, spent two years in Nashville in the early 70s, and then spent 27 years in New Orleans.

I much preferred the early 70s Nashville when the town had more character and a sense of place than it does now. I was down there a couple of years ago and it seemed far more mainstrem plain vanilla and cookie-cutter than it used to be. In the early 70s, 1st and Broadway was hayseed central--and I mean that in a positive sense--and the lounges and clubs were real, not just tourist stuff.

But having spent most of my adult life in New Orleans--by far my favorite city of the three--I suppose I'm spoiled and prefer places like Memphis with quirkiness, uniqueness, and character more than most--traits that Memphis has in spades, and that I appreciate all the more as the US becomes increasingly homogenized. I just find Memphis a more interesting city than Nashville.

Memphis has a vibe that is resolutely opposed to the mainstream. It is what it is, and I like that. Others differ.

Nah, just trying to give our new C-USA mates a little taste of this new market they've added to the family. It's gonna be a great season.

Forbes Ranking jumps to #2 behind San Francisco

(05-23-2013 12:11 AM)cotton1991 Wrote:  

(05-22-2013 12:48 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  What's next do you want to post clips from the first 48? Breaking news TG4 is butt hurt at Memphis!!!!! Stop the presses!!!!!!

Yeah, it's hard to fathom tg4. He claims to be a MTSU fan but I don't recall his ever posting anything at all about MTSU athletics. He only posts smack about Memphis and I believe he's been banned from the Memphis and the AAC boards. If he's the guy I'm thinking of, he's a banker and a school board member in suburban Nashville--and well in his 50s. Seems strange to me for someone that age.

(05-22-2013 12:35 PM)surlycanon Wrote:  Memphis still wins for BBQ. But as a city... Nashville wins hands down.

Depends on what you like in a city I guess.

I was born and raised in Memphis, spent two years in Nashville in the early 70s, and then spent 27 years in New Orleans.

I much preferred the early 70s Nashville when the town had more character and a sense of place than it does now. I was down there a couple of years ago and it seemed far more mainstrem plain vanilla and cookie-cutter than it used to be. In the early 70s, 1st and Broadway was hayseed central--and I mean that in a positive sense--and the lounges and clubs were real, not just tourist stuff.

But having spent most of my adult life in New Orleans--by far my favorite city of the three--I suppose I'm spoiled and prefer places like Memphis with quirkiness, uniqueness, and character more than most--traits that Memphis has in spades, and that I appreciate all the more as the US becomes increasingly homogenized. I just find Memphis a more interesting city than Nashville.

Memphis has a vibe that is resolutely opposed to the mainstream. It is what it is, and I like that. Others differ.

Well, that explains why you like Memphis better then. Nashville was an absolute dump in the 70's. Memphis needs what Nashville got. A good house cleaning.

Anyone who thinks Nashville doesn't have character hasn't been to the right places in Nashville.

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Thanks BlazerJoe for cleaning up the post that extended 2 inches short of infinity.

I hear Nashville's new Convention Center brings all the boys to the yard.

Hee Haw salutes Nashville Tennessee. SA-LUTE!

(05-22-2013 12:35 PM)surlycanon Wrote:  Memphis still wins for BBQ.

And music.

(05-23-2013 11:58 AM)PirateMarv Wrote:  

(05-22-2013 12:35 PM)surlycanon Wrote:  Memphis still wins for BBQ.

And music.

Good gosh, Marv. The fallout from that comment might register pretty high on the Richter scale.

(05-23-2013 12:02 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(05-23-2013 11:58 AM)PirateMarv Wrote:  

(05-22-2013 12:35 PM)surlycanon Wrote:  Memphis still wins for BBQ.

And music.

Good gosh, Marv. The fallout from that comment might register pretty high on the Richter scale.

Blues, Rock-n-Roll, Soul and Country Music v. Country Music.

(05-23-2013 12:04 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  

(05-23-2013 12:02 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(05-23-2013 11:58 AM)PirateMarv Wrote:  

(05-22-2013 12:35 PM)surlycanon Wrote:  Memphis still wins for BBQ.

And music.

Good gosh, Marv. The fallout from that comment might register pretty high on the Richter scale.

Blues, Rock-n-Roll, Soul and Country Music v. Country Music.

Yep, nearly a third of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are either from Memphis or within a 100 mile radius.

Worthless thread by a worthless poster.

Oh look, OP has another hardon against Memphis. It is kind of pathetic how much you dislike Memphis.

(05-23-2013 12:04 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  

(05-23-2013 12:02 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(05-23-2013 11:58 AM)PirateMarv Wrote:  

(05-22-2013 12:35 PM)surlycanon Wrote:  Memphis still wins for BBQ.

And music.

Good gosh, Marv. The fallout from that comment might register pretty high on the Richter scale.

Blues, Rock-n-Roll, Soul and Country Music v. Country Music.

I fully agree, but I can't imagine an intelligent, civil discussion about the topic. I'd even say that Muscle Shoals could enter into the discussion because of of the same diversity.

Many of the reasons that cause people to be critical of Memphis are the same reasons that gave birth to such a diverse and soul-felt music background.