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Originally Posted by deacon blues
I've lived here for 13 years and I've not had a scintilla of fear or problems. Here in the 'burbs our police forces are strong and they keep the crime out. Memphis gets a bum rap for it's crime statistics, but much of that happens in isolated areas that are notorious crime hot spots. I drive into Memphis all of the time without any fear. There are many quiet and peaceful and upscale neighborhoods and areas. It's a great town rich in culture, history, food and music. It's our home.
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DB defending the hood! Nice!
CC1 is letting one bad experience taint his view. I lived in Memphis for about 5 years and I enjoyed my time there for the most part. There are indeed parts of Memphis to avoid just as there are parts of Nashville to avoid. There did seem to be high racial tension while I lived in Memphis.
I now live in Nashville, and I must say that it seems to be a much safer city as a whole with a lot less racial tension.
Our cue to leave Memphis was when the school board (newly black majority) voted to give the multi-million dollar contract of computerizing the schools to a young black guy who started his new company three months before with very little capital. Financial stability didn't matter, ability to actually perform the job didn't matter, and a history of any success didn't matter. All that mattered was that his skin was black! Who did he replace? A small company named IBM!
What ended up happening was the black guy sub-contracted the work to IBM, costing the school district the extra money to give this guy his cut! The black guy was smart! It was the school board that was dumb!
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