#2403357 - 05/26/11 10:47 PM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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Memphis proper is a dung heap. If you live on the outskirts of Shelby County, it's nice, but that isn't Memphis. I lived there for three years from 1989 through 1991 and couldn't wait to get out of there. The good parts of Memphis are pretty small. I wouldn't move back there for love nor money.
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#2403468 - 05/27/11 07:06 AM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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I lived in and around Memphis for 27 years and never once did I call it home.
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#2403706 - 05/27/11 11:04 AM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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I lived in and around Memphis for 27 years and never once did I call it home.
wow..27yrs in a place you hate? sounds like you had bigger issues but glad you are finally in a perfect area (western KY). I've heard lovely things about KY 
Memphis is fine, like most any other place, it is what you make of it. Memphis is easy to live in..jsut go spend some time in chicago or atlanta or other big cities w/ similar demo's and it's easy to come back here. There's plenty to do and enjoy
For those that live here and disparage your OWN city you are the biggest problem. Kinda like like telling everyone in your home you hate them but since you live there you'll put up with them. The obvious answer to those who live here but hate it..get the f$$k out. If it's that bad, there should be no excuse you have that should keep you here, BAR NONE. The guy who lived here for 27yrs and "and would never call it home" sounds like he wasted 27yrs of his life which would be his own fault. For those that want to rip the city that don't live here, surely you can find better use of your time.
Does memphis have problems? Bad areas? sure, name me any other bigger city that doesn't.. no you can't include bumblef$$K TN or W. KY where walmart and sonic are the 2 biggest employers. Big cities have big problems no doubt but also produce jobs, revenues, etc. My favorite folks are the ones who, live across state lines, beat the hell out of the city but come in to work here everyday. Seriously? you rely on the city for your livelihood but scream about how bad it is? You know exactly who you are too. 49 other states that would be glad to have ya'
have a good holiday weekend.
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#2403977 - 05/27/11 07:01 PM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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I lived in and around Memphis for 27 years and never once did I call it home. wow..27yrs in a place you hate? sounds like you had bigger issues but glad you are finally in a perfect area (western KY). I've heard lovely things about KY Memphis is fine, like most any other place, it is what you make of it. Memphis is easy to live in..jsut go spend some time in chicago or atlanta or other big cities w/ similar demo's and it's easy to come back here. There's plenty to do and enjoy For those that live here and disparage your OWN city you are the biggest problem. Kinda like like telling everyone in your home you hate them but since you live there you'll put up with them. The obvious answer to those who live here but hate it..get the f$$k out. If it's that bad, there should be no excuse you have that should keep you here, BAR NONE. The guy who lived here for 27yrs and "and would never call it home" sounds like he wasted 27yrs of his life which would be his own fault. For those that want to rip the city that don't live here, surely you can find better use of your time. Does memphis have problems? Bad areas? sure, name me any other bigger city that doesn't.. no you can't include bumblef$$K TN or W. KY where walmart and sonic are the 2 biggest employers. Big cities have big problems no doubt but also produce jobs, revenues, etc. My favorite folks are the ones who, live across state lines, beat the hell out of the city but come in to work here everyday. Seriously? you rely on the city for your livelihood but scream about how bad it is? You know exactly who you are too. 49 other states that would be glad to have ya' have a good holiday weekend.
You don't know the first thing about me at all as for wasting my time, I'm wasting more of my time responding to your post than anything else.
Like a lot of other people here know my family owned Dealer's Auto Auction and I owned several other business on the side, all in and around Memphis.
As for not calling Memphis home. I was born and raised in Paducah, Ky and that was always home to me, still is today.
It's you that is the biggest problem by far in you attack on me. You also showed how little you know about Western Tn or Western Ky as for the biggest employers.
If you had thought a little you would have seen all I did was post a link to a news story that said Memphis was #5. but I guess you would rather people not know that and not know the true crime rate of Memphis. You seem to look at Memphis though rose colored glasses. Yet here you are attacking me for posting this. You have a lot of growing up to do if you don't think Memphis is not #5. Just add up the FBI crime numbers and Memphis is always in the top 15 for the last 20 years. i didn't make them up, the FBI did. Just last year Nashville was also in the top 15 and has been in for the last 20 years. I posted a link to that story too, more than once.
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#2404056 - 05/27/11 08:44 PM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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not an attack on you, just tired of people jumping on the "I hate memphis" bandwagon everytime a new story comes out about the city. You posted the link so you had to realize there would be responses. I would do the same If I lived in Nashville.. Posting the links in public forums, you are knocking the city whether you think so or not.Memphis is a good place we raise our families and call home. I will defend it everytime b/c there is a lot unwarranted hatred for the city but many of us who live here work very hard to improve and grow our city. I work with two foundations, ImpactMemphis and TasteOfJubilee and we work hard to improve all aspects of the city. I don't know you nor do I want to but I'm glad you and your family made your living off of our "terrible" city for 27 yrs. Did you do anything to help grow/improve the city or did you just cash the checks?
I'm sure you would defend paducah the same way if there was a constant berating of your city. You posted the link..we all know memphis has problems, thanks for driving the point home.
I'm through.
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#2404064 - 05/27/11 08:55 PM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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89 murders ain't too shabby, better than it has been. For several years it was in the triple digits
What % of that was gang on gang?
Which means it really doesn't count. imo
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#2404068 - 05/27/11 08:58 PM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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BS. The link was to the story and you want to OVER LOOK THE FACTS though your rose colored glasses.
Memphis is rated #5, NOT because I said so but because of the OFFICAL NUMBERS.
And yes, it was an attack on me. You pointed out not once but THREE TIMES about my 27 years.
You were attacking the messager, not the CRIME RATES. you want to COVER Memphis's crime rates as nothing much.
You want people to quit talking abouit Memphis crime rates?? Do something to BRING THEM DOWN, trying to cover them up and not tell anybody about them does not work.
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#2404075 - 05/27/11 09:27 PM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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You should re-read, I never disputed the facts.. I agreed there are problems. Some of us work our [censored] off to improve where we live so these type postings are more of a slap in the face and all the illicit responses they seem to get. No rose colored glasses here my friend. I see the problems first hand.. I am in the inner-city frequently working with kids for the jubilee schools working to give impoverished children a better education. We see all kinds of crime, blight, etc. but we are working on it. If you want to call that BS, then so be it..public forum so your entightled to your thoughts.
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#2404077 - 05/27/11 09:30 PM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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I have never covered them up and, yes, thru education, we are working to bring down crime.
Here's link to foundation.. wildcat, donations are accepted
http://www.bssf.net/about-us/
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#2404083 - 05/27/11 09:43 PM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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You should re-read, I never disputed the facts.. I agreed there are problems. Some of us work our [censored] off to improve where we live so these type postings are more of a slap in the face and all the illicit responses they seem to get. No rose colored glasses here my friend. I see the problems first hand.. I am in the inner-city frequently working with kids for the jubilee schools working to give impoverished children a better education. We see all kinds of crime, blight, etc. but we are working on it. If you want to call that BS, then so be it..public forum so your entightled to your thoughts.
I didn't call that BS, I called what you said in your other post BS which it is and you well know it.
Take a ball team, they have a 5-19 season this year, the year before a 6-18 season and the year before that a 3-21 season. People are bad mouthing them and complaining. What do you do?? You blame the people that are complaining which is what you did in your first two posts, you ever said so and told them to ..get the f$$k out those are YOUR words.
In your first two posts you blamed the mesaager and not the crime rate.
Like I said, I lived in Memphis 27 years and I've been all though the city and the area around it. I know the bad and good parts. The funny thing about Memphis is outsiders think one has to go to the bad parts to get illegal drugs when it's the better parts that are doing a booming business in the trade. how do i know? I know several people in that area that are DEA.
Something else. Almost everybody that has GOOD things to say about Memphis seems to have a CCW permit. Now WHY would they need that???
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