#2404129 - 05/27/11 11:23 PM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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The only people that I know that like Memephis are the ones that have grown up there. Nashville is nothing, and I mean nothing, like Memphis. Where else could the School Superintendant have his contract bought out by the city because he's an idiot and then the public vote him in as Mayor? I'm thankful that I don't live there anymore and I wish the paperwork for the sale of Memphis to Arkansas would hurry up and get finalized.
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#2404138 - 05/28/11 12:46 AM
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.
Great post, Wildcat.
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#2404142 - 05/28/11 02:49 AM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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Actually, crime IS down in Memphis. It doesn't seem like it, but people in the MPD say that it is.
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#2404208 - 05/28/11 08:07 AM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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Hangnail
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I know murders are down from 1991 by a lot. There were over 200 then if I remember correctly. I don't know if that was Shelby County or just Memphis.
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#2404218 - 05/28/11 08:34 AM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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ASM
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You completely missed my point.. yes,yes,yes, a 1000 times yes we have a ton of problems and I've mentioned that in 3-4 of the posts. I'm not covering anything up.. We are trying to improve our city and little by little, we are on track to do it. oh well, on to the next
I love you man
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#2404240 - 05/28/11 09:04 AM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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Crime rates are actually about the same or actually higher over the past half decade. The way they are reported has become much more CREATIVE to make people feel safer.
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#2404247 - 05/28/11 09:35 AM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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yep jackson hole is the place
i don't think i ever took the keys out of my truck the whole time i was living there
never had to worry about it
the other cities i worked in the airports and they are never in the best of neighborhoods
the jackson hole airport is close to the base of the grand tetons
it was a thrill just to drive to work every day and see that
but it got really cold there
we didn't have an air traffic control tower there so we had go go out and stand on the tarmac with a radio when the planes were coming in
the coldest day i had to do that it was 48 below zero
it got so cold the next day that everything shut down
they planes couldn't land because their tires they said would shatter like glass
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#2404254 - 05/28/11 09:53 AM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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yep jackson hole is the place
i don't think i ever took the keys out of my truck the whole time i was living there
never had to worry about it
the other cities i worked in the airports and they are never in the best of neighborhoods
the jackson hole airport is close to the base of the grand tetons
it was a thrill just to drive to work every day and see that
but it got really cold there
we didn't have an air traffic control tower there so we had go go out and stand on the tarmac with a radio when the planes were coming in
the coldest day i had to do that it was 48 below zero
it got so cold the next day that everything shut down
they planes couldn't land because their tires they said would shatter like glass
I spent much of the summer of 2002 in jackson Hole. -really enjoyed it.
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#2404278 - 05/28/11 10:28 AM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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There is this weird animosity from Middle Tennesseans directed towards Memphis. The city doesn't really get that kind of animosity directed towards it from East Tennesseans.
For Hangnail and others, I spent about 9 years living in Murfreesboro and about 3 living in East Nashville before moving to Memphis. I live in the heart of Memphis with all kinds of amenities within walking distance, I ride a bike on numerous errands, I have a garden in the front yard and another in the back, I shoot my bow down the driveway with up to 50 yards distance to do so. No stupid Home Owners Association to tell me what to do, in a very diverse and little bit funky neighborhood. Lots of blue collar workers, retirees, a couple of college students, a cop, a successful restauranteur, a recording studio, a shade tree mechanic, and two college professors live in my street. In fact, it is very similar to where I lived in Murfreesboro. Check it out:
My street in Memphis:
My old street in Murfreesboro:
Not really that different, eh? The houses in Memphis are a little closer to the street, the properties not quite as long. I definitely saw the Murfreesboro Special Weapons Unit raid houses in my old neighborhood in Murfreesboro, can't say that I've seen that happen on my street here in Memphis.
I have a good buddy who was born and raised in Nashville and then lived in Murfreesboro for 15 years. His view of Memphis was very similar to Hangnail's and he was very vocal about it. I talked him into coming down for a couple of days, stay at my place and see how I am livin'. We went fishing, we went out to dive bars with no enforced closing hours  , we ate BBQ nachos, we rode the trolley downtown and checked out the river, etc. Everywhere we went, he struck up conversation with interesting people. After his stay, he went home to Murfreesboro and started applying for jobs in Memphis.
I ain't saying I intend to live in the city for the rest of my life, because I don't, but it works for now and I like it. I'll take Midtown Memphis any day of the week over suburban sprawl, strip malls and gated communities. This place has character. Of course, there is crime, but you just have to be be sensible and have situational awareness, but you should be situationally aware anywhere you live.
Edited by Poser (05/28/11 07:40 PM)
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#2404533 - 05/28/11 07:36 PM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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Wildcat
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Poser,
Just what did I say about Memphis besides the fact that I never called it home??? Just what are my views???? Please post them because I would like to know.
I always went HOME for Thanksgiving and Christmas and I hunted with my family at HOME. And I would always go back to Memphis when the holidays were over. Is that a crime???
I don't make up the crime rates, the City of Memphis does in it's reports to the FBI. All I do is post a link to the news stories about it. Yet you and the other guy are GOING TO MY VIEWS, what views???
By the way, do you have a CCW permit?? If so WHY??
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