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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Posted by dewster

Chicago

Member since Aug 2006

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Posted on 7/22/21 at 8:37 am to Cotten

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We live in Central Gardens and love it.

Central Gardens is awesome.

One of the prettiest neighborhoods in the south IMO. And Memphis PD does patrol it regularly and keeps it pretty safe.

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Downtown is making major strides but it feels like a massive tourist trap.

I think they are just ahead of the curve. The trend is for more "work from home" jobs and suburban office campuses. Which means America's downtowns are turning into entertainment districts and historic neighborhoods more than business districts like they used to be.

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Posted by Afrojedi

Member since Jul 2017

473 posts

Posted on 7/22/21 at 9:31 am to Cotten

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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.

This right here. Ive lived in Memphis for 35 years and this guy is spot on. Like any metro area of a million plus people you are going to have problems, crime, blight etc and etc.

The key thing to being in Memphis is know your surroundings. If you find yourself in a part of town you shouldnt be in, and it will be very obvious, leave. If you have to be in a part of town you shouldnt be in, dont act like a jack arse and go about your business but leave as soon as you are done with your business.

Memphis is very laid back, very slow paced and could give two shits about the rest of the state or our neighbors in AR or MS. It is its own beautiful, crazy, stupid, lovely place.

And yes...driving here is absolute mayhem

Also, Orange Mound is not the "worst ghetto in the US"...its not even the worst community in Memphis.

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Posted by lynxcat