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re: What is yalls opinion of Memphis?
Posted on 7/22/21 at 7:52 am to UnoDelgado
Posted on 7/22/21 at 7:52 am to UnoDelgado
I lived in Memphis for 6 years. It has some very rough areas and some awesome local spots. Slow pace of life, great food, lots of culture.
If something looks off/not safe, then turn around and go back to wherever you came from. Generally speaking you want to stay south of Jackson with Poplar running East and West as your guide. Stay in that horizontal zone and all is good. When you get far south (you typically have to do this to get to the airport), you’ll pass right by Orange Mound which is one of the roughest ghettos in the US.
Midtown, Mud Island, and Downtown were my favorite areas. There’s been some development since I lived there but that’s a good start. Go to the BBQ Shop for a BBQ sandwich and Central BBQ for BBQ Nachos.
If something looks off/not safe, then turn around and go back to wherever you came from. Generally speaking you want to stay south of Jackson with Poplar running East and West as your guide. Stay in that horizontal zone and all is good. When you get far south (you typically have to do this to get to the airport), you’ll pass right by Orange Mound which is one of the roughest ghettos in the US.
Midtown, Mud Island, and Downtown were my favorite areas. There’s been some development since I lived there but that’s a good start. Go to the BBQ Shop for a BBQ sandwich and Central BBQ for BBQ Nachos.
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Posted on 7/22/21 at 8:33 am to lynxcat
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Midtown, Mud Island, and Downtown were my favorite areas.
We currently live in Memphis and I know quite a few TD posters here locally. We live in Central Gardens and love it. Historically registered neighborhood, I bike or run every morning or evening and never hesitate to do it at night. Midtown and Mud Island are both areas I highly encourage tourists to explore.
The biggest thing we’ve learned is that most folks here aren’t bad, most are extremely friendly and helpful, they’re just dirt arse poor.
When we moved here we lived in Corp housing for 6 months downtown right by the Peabody. Downtown is making major strides but it feels like a massive tourist trap. Crime in Memphis is extremely isolated, aside from packages walking off, dindu’s going through your car if you leave it unlocked, etc. I grew up in Nola and lived in BR for 8 years; crime to me is everywhere in both, while Memphis crime is isolated to by the airport, South Memphis and North North like Fraiser.
Memphis gets a bad wrap, and it’s of course partially warranted, but the posters making it seem like Memphis is Afghanistan are extremely exaggerating.
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