#2405226 - 05/29/11 11:05 PM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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I used to go to a hole in the wall in Midtown called the Buchaneer I think.
The Buc is a great bar! If you're ever in need of a drink at 4:15 am on a Tuesday morning, its a good stop. Going to the Buc tonight for Day 3 of MemphisHatesYou fest. Lots of good bands playing there tonight. It's a good venue to get up close and personal with the band. Been to the Hi-Tone in Midtown several times and never had any problems...including leaving around 2 am.  You just have to know which areas/neighborhoods to avoid, keep your wits about you, and not to make it obvious that you're lost.
Maybe that is what the oldest is in Memphis for, although he may have gone to be a Zombie. Who knows?? I suppose I will find out later.
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#2405260 - 05/30/11 12:12 AM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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Rob R.
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The worst things about memphis:
1. Crime or just having to be around the criminal element.
2. Memphis politics and the idiots that vote in anyone that looks like them making the city a joke nationally.
3. Memphis drivers.
4. The police department that won't do anything about #3 because they drive just like them. I almost never see a squad car use a turn signal or drive the speed limit. I have even witnessed 2 squad cars drag racing on 240 in the middle of the night at well over 100 MPH with no blue lights or sirens on.
5. Horrible road conditions.
The best things about Memphis:
1. FedEx
2. Good food
If it wasn't for my job I would be living on the TN River somewhere. Someday I will retire there.
Good post. And I couldnt agree more. Ive lived in and around Memphis for 50+ years. Im not crazy about the place, but hey, I gotta make a living. Lots of ugly places in and around Memphis. Lots of mean people too. Alot of em got a huge chip on thier shoulder. I just treat em all with respect on the front end. And we see how it goes from there.
Like I posted earlier. Springfield Armory goes with me every where I go. I got my permit in 1996. I have pulled it 4 times since 1996. All they had to do was see it and thier whole demeaner, attitude and intentions changed.
Im sure somebody on here will say, just stay outta the bad places. The last time I pulled my gun was in north Bartlett. (Not exactly the place you would expect trouble) Four male blacks cut me off and decided to mess with me. Didnt have to fire a shot, all I had to do was show my weapon and I have no clue where they sped off to.
One day Im going to get the heck outta Shelby Co. But until that day comes. I will be cognisant of my surroundings.
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#2405273 - 05/30/11 02:54 AM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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I used to go to a hole in the wall in Midtown called the Buchaneer I think.
The Buc is a great bar! If you're ever in need of a drink at 4:15 am on a Tuesday morning, its a good stop. Going to the Buc tonight for Day 3 of MemphisHatesYou fest. Lots of good bands playing there tonight. It's a good venue to get up close and personal with the band. Been to the Hi-Tone in Midtown several times and never had any problems...including leaving around 2 am. You just have to know which areas/neighborhoods to avoid, keep your wits about you, and not to make it obvious that you're lost. Maybe that is what the oldest is in Memphis for, although he may have gone to be a Zombie. Who knows?? I suppose I will find out later.
Is that Twig? I know what he looks like, but I didn't see him there.
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#2405286 - 05/30/11 06:09 AM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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stik
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I used to go to a hole in the wall in Midtown called the Buchaneer I think.
The Buc is a great bar! If you're ever in need of a drink at 4:15 am on a Tuesday morning, its a good stop. Going to the Buc tonight for Day 3 of MemphisHatesYou fest. Lots of good bands playing there tonight. It's a good venue to get up close and personal with the band. Been to the Hi-Tone in Midtown several times and never had any problems...including leaving around 2 am. You just have to know which areas/neighborhoods to avoid, keep your wits about you, and not to make it obvious that you're lost. Maybe that is what the oldest is in Memphis for, although he may have gone to be a Zombie. Who knows?? I suppose I will find out later. Is that Twig? I know what he looks like, but I didn't see him there.
nope, twig is the younger one.
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#2405455 - 05/30/11 12:30 PM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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As a city, Memphis generates the highest tourism dollars in the state. The city's historical architecture (of which Nashville painfully lacks), unique culinary offers, and musical history attract tourists from all over at a rate almost twice of what Nashville gets. I've run into vistors to the city before who are here simply to spend a few days doing the "BBQ Tour." Europeans make the pilgrimage in a endless supply to tour Sun Studio, eat BBQ, catfish and fried chicken and spend a couple of days down in Clarksdale MS.
I am also surprised how quick many of you are to run down Chattanooga. While the city may be experiencing the crime rate of a growing city, let's not forget the virtual industrial dump that city was in the 1970s. There was a time when you could stand on top of Signal Mountain and not be able to see the city below due to the smog. While the crime rate may higher, the population growing, that city has almost completely reinvented itself and has become a destination for outdoors enthusiasts from all over the place: hiking, paddling, mountain biking, climbing, fly fishing. So, you would prefer the industrial wasteland to the present state of Chattanooga? The general complaints seem to be more applicable to any city with over 250,000 residents. The suggestion that living in Memphis is comparable to living in a 3rd world country is ridiculous. The city has made considerable contribution not only the cultural heritage of the state of Tennessee, but the world over.
I spent quite a few years as a touring musician and have been to 49 states, every major city in the US and quite a few places most of you have never heard of. I've definitely seen urban squalor, walked 4 blocks through the ghettos of Philadelphia to pick up some Chinese food from a guy standing behing bullet proof glass, had a gun pointed in my face in a cemetery New Orleans, almost been intentionally run over by a car in a cobblestone alley in Savannah GA and took a a%$ beating in a bar in Ireland after a table of young, Dubliners overheard me mention something about not liking soccer.
At the same time, you can run into some flat out mean folks out in the country. I returned to a trail head on the Appalachian Trial one time to discover that every vehicle in the parking lot had been utterly vandalized: flat tires, busted out windows and all for someone's amusement. I was camping in Grundy county one time when a truck pulled up, someone got out and emptied a tube of shotgun shells in the general direction of our tent and laughed about it and then jumped in their truck and drove off. I got attacked by a shark while swimming off the beach in Dayonta FL.... Bad things can happen to you anywhere. What about the girl who was recently abducted in a rural area of Madison County, for example? Ask any of our Cannon County residents about a garbage sack of human bones in the bottom of a wheel.
While it is easy to look at crime statistics and conclude that Memphis is a "bad" place, we could easily spend an equal amount of time talking about the meth problems and associated crimes that plague rural, semi-rural and suburban Tennessee counties (and yes, Rutherford County, too). While, yes, there are violent crimes taking place in Memphis, understanding the city will generally keep you safe from such crimes, yet I have numerous acquaintances in rural areas of the state who have had their valuables stolen from their homes to feed a drug habit, more often than not, of a relative, neighbor and "friend" of the family.
Therefore, I make it a point to maintain situational awareness and use common sense no matter where I am.
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#2405476 - 05/30/11 01:19 PM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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Hangnail
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Poser, I think you went to Memphis City Schools. Memphis is nearly a BILLION dollars behind Nashville in tourism dollars generated. I have never met ANYONE that has spent a week in Memphis on vacation. To think Memphis has a leg up on Nashville in the music industry is ignorant. Memphis has the Blues, Nashville has Country Music. Guess which one makes big money? How many Blues stations are on the radio in the whole state? The only things Memphis ranks higher than Nashville in is crime and welfare expenditures. Face it, Memphis is a zit on the arse of Tennessee in so many areas. Now, please stop making me defend Nashville.
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#2405486 - 05/30/11 01:59 PM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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Wildcat
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Check this out. Zoom in to Kentucky and Tennessee, you can see a big difference.
http://www.policymap.com/city-crime-rates/index.html
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#2405506 - 05/30/11 02:58 PM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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Poser
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Poser, I think you went to Memphis City Schools. Memphis is nearly a BILLION dollars behind Nashville in tourism dollars generated. I have never met ANYONE that has spent a week in Memphis on vacation. To think Memphis has a leg up on Nashville in the music industry is ignorant. Memphis has the Blues, Nashville has Country Music. Guess which one makes big money? How many Blues stations are on the radio in the whole state? The only things Memphis ranks higher than Nashville in is crime and welfare expenditures. Face it, Memphis is a zit on the arse of Tennessee in so many areas. Now, please stop making me defend Nashville.
Hangnail,
Memphis receives more than 10 million annual visitors who have a total economic impact of $3.2 billion locally, according to statistics from the U.S. Travel Association. About 50,000 jobs in Memphis and Shelby County are connected to Memphis’ tourism industry.
Visitors to Nashville bring in $3.2 Billion annually to the city in direct spending.
The tourism and convention industry accounts for over 56,000 jobs in Nashville, second only to the healthcare sector.
But, these numbers don't actually reflect the full story. My ol lady works in tourism and, trust me, Memphis generates more tourism dollars than Nashville.
Sun Studio gets over 1000 vistors a day. Graceland, which I do not know the numbers for, gets many times that.
As for the music thing, I never stated anything about money generated by the music business. Tell me where in my post I stated that "Memphis has a leg up on Nashville in the music industry?" I work in the music business for a living and can talk you up and down all day long about this stuff. I said Memphis attracts music tourism. Nashville does too for that matter, but Europeans seem to be more interested in Blues and come to Memphis and Clarksdale by the droves, in a endless supply. I simply stated that Memphis played a vital role in music history. Surely, you won't deny that.
As for the industry itself, I moved away from Nashville because, frankly, there was no longer any advantage to living there from a industry standpoint. Whatever necessary infrastructure that once existed there has moved on for a variety of reasons, but mostly for technology. The copyright, publishing, legal, and Performance Royalty Organizations have become the core of the music industry in Nashville.
I'm not trying to make this a Memphis vs. Nashville thing. I like Nashville, I lived there for a long time. I do business there frequently and sneak in some hunting while I'm at it. I like Murfreesboro, too. I lived there for awhile, had great friends and deep connections in that town. Kleer Vu is one of my favorite restaurants in the state of Tennessee. I just think that many Middle Tennesseans display a unfounded animosity towards Memphis. I moved here from Middle Tennessee and I'll defend it.
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#2405722 - 05/30/11 08:44 PM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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Hangnail
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Unfounded animosity toward Memphis? Hardly. I have personal experiences to base my animosity on. That's good enough for me and apparently I'm not alone. There are people that love East St. Louis too, but that doesn't make it a prime place to live.
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#2405739 - 05/30/11 08:58 PM
Re: Memphis is rated #5
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Rob R.
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Looks like most folks in Kentuk get along with each other based on that chart.
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