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Is there a Nashville-Memphis rivalry?

Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:14 pm
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
29024 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:14 pm
I recently spent time in both. They have some redeeming qualities. I saw the the sights and heard the sounds of Broadway and Beale.

You also have some nice counters with each:

Blues vs Country
NBA Grizzlies v NHL Predators
Each has a Triple A team
Titans spent time in both cities
Each has a lower level bowl game
Mississippi River / Cumberland River
Neither has a flagship university, but each has a big school

Similar in population, and the next largest is pretty distant.

As an outsider, I am curious if there is a constant pissing contest between residents of the two.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
104248 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:15 pm to
Graceland vs Opryland
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32980 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:16 pm to
No
Posted by Byrdybyrd05
Member since Nov 2014
26419 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:17 pm to
I would never live in Memphis
Posted by DeltaTigerDelta
Member since Jan 2017
13414 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:18 pm to
Chattanooga is better than both combined.
Posted by brewhan davey
Audubon Place
Member since Sep 2010
33280 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:18 pm to
Tennessee vs Mississippi
Posted by 3oliv3
Member since Aug 2016
751 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:18 pm to
Interested in your criteria for “flagship university” and how Vandy isn’t included in that definition.
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:18 pm to
quote:

Neither has a flagship university,


Vandy may not be flagship but Vandy >>> Tennesee
This post was edited on 6/19/21 at 8:19 pm
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
77732 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:19 pm to
Memphis vs Little Rock is more of a rivalry than Nashville vs Memphis
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:20 pm to
quote:

Memphis vs Little Rock is more of a rivalry than Nashville vs Memphis



Okay
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
29024 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:20 pm to
I believe it’s usually reserved for public institutions
Posted by Rebel
Graceland
Member since Jan 2005
141313 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:21 pm to
I think at one time there may have been a little "friendly" rivalry.

But not any more.

Posted by Ancient Astronaut
Member since May 2015
37139 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:23 pm to
Memphis is hell on earth
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
77732 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:23 pm to
Look, you don’t have to be sassy with me.
Posted by prostyleoffensetime
Mississippi
Member since Aug 2009
12221 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:28 pm to
quote:

Memphis is hell on earth


Unless you’re there to eat
Posted by adamau
Member since Oct 2020
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Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:30 pm to
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:30 pm to
Posted by TheWalrus
Land of the Hogs
Member since Dec 2012
46135 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:31 pm to
I live in Memphis and people here acknowledge the only thing better about living here versus Nashville is cost of living. Work and family ties are the main reasons anyone lives here, most affluent young people leave once they become adults.
Posted by Archer
Murica
Member since Jan 2021
474 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:31 pm to
Lol Nashville wins in every category except violent crimes.
Posted by Cracker
in a box
Member since Nov 2009
19081 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:32 pm to
There are three states in Tennessee west middle and east and they obviously get progressively better the further you go east
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