Naw that's really Bartlett.
The Official Memphis, Tennessee Thread
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Naw that's really Bartlett.
Yeah it sounds fukked up but Memphis is a special case. There is literally nothing in the hood areas for folks to do. The malls closed, the amusement park closed, the water park closed, the parks are dilapidated, it's horrible. But since Memphis is so small the hood can travel very easily. So you have the supposed nice areas getting shot up.
Prince Mongo
Banned
Everything 100% true, until the bold. This city isn't remotely small, the city limits are twice the size of the city limits of Atlanta. It really ain't easy to travel out of the hood. Let's say if you take I-40 from Jackson Ave (exit 1) out to Wolfchase, that's a solid 20+ minute drive on the e-way, just going from North Memphis to Cordova
People acting like Memphis is small is a hindrance to getting things in black neighborhoods, it's a psychological thing, and it's mainly black folks in the city who think like this. If you tell yourself it's nothing to drive all the way out of your neighborhood, they don't have a reason to put anything in your neighborhood
Brolic Scholar
Licensed Text Technician
My mom used to live in Memphis, but she lived on Mud Island around white folks. Beale street is cool at night. The MLK museum is there and I recommend it. Stax records museum is there. The food is good. But like it was said before, it's your typical southern city.
You can get damn near anywhere in the Memphis metro area in 20 minutes, imo that constitutes a small city. The actual city limits of Atlanta is small but the metro area is pretty damn large and you cannot get from one side to the other in 20 minutes more like an hour or more. You can walk from the heart of Germantown to some hood ass areas off Kirby in no time, that's the type of situation I'm talking about. You can walk from those million dollar homes off Poplar near Highland to a very hood area quickly. You can walk from Ruth Chris down to Riverdale Rd and be in trouble. There is no clear separation of hood to nice in Memphis. The only hood hood area is up in Frayser or off Hollywood. Even that Jackson Ave area ended up being too close to Peabody Place and folks started avoiding that development which lead to closure.
This is true
I love not worrying about traffic or like living in Dallas.
You can't go anywhere in the DFW without being in traffic.
There's no excuse for anyone in Memphis to be late to work.
Marc Spector
the 4'11 Cuban
i was just in memphis from the 22-25....me and my cousins went to that mall 
Memphis is a shythole brehs. Most depressing looking downtown/infrastructure ive ever seen in a "big city."
(the women be thick as fukk tho)
Memphis is a shythole brehs. Most depressing looking downtown/infrastructure ive ever seen in a "big city."
(the women be thick as fukk tho)
Prince Mongo
Banned
Not really @ bold. I live in Frayser, off of New Allen, close to Nike Northridge. I can't get to somewhere far out like Olive Branch in 20 minutes, that's about a good 40 minutes or more of driving. The ATL Metro is inflated, you got country ass areas nowhere near the inner city considered part of it
There's a clear separation. The only good part of Memphis is what's colloquially called Midtown (which is only the white folks parts of North and South Memphis and Orange Mound), and the rich areas of East Memphis along Poplar and Walnut Grove. Everywhere else is the hood
As a Blood, how much bs will I run into
None. You're safe. You'll remain the master of those computer streets.
Just for the record if you are in the city limits and them street lights are on... keep ya head on a fukking swivel
Midtown ain't sweet, the gay artsy area over on cooper young and all that ain't sweet, walnut grove area that look nice is a 5 min walk from East High it ain't sweet, Graceland in the middle of the hood, Hacks Cross used to be the borderline for the danger zone now it's all the way to Forrest Hill Irene.
You gotta go damn near to Piperton/Rossville to find peace and quiet.... and ratchery is coming there too once they realize there is civilization on 385 past the Collierville mall. Soon as a big apartment complex opens it's a wrap.
Midtown ain't sweet, the gay artsy area over on cooper young and all that ain't sweet, walnut grove area that look nice is a 5 min walk from East High it ain't sweet, Graceland in the middle of the hood, Hacks Cross used to be the borderline for the danger zone now it's all the way to Forrest Hill Irene.
You gotta go damn near to Piperton/Rossville to find peace and quiet.... and ratchery is coming there too once they realize there is civilization on 385 past the Collierville mall. Soon as a big apartment complex opens it's a wrap.
Prince Mongo
Banned
Dead ass. Them East Memphis nikkas fukked up the Southwind area. And as soon as the bougie black folks move from Southwind further down 385, the cycle will continue
Dzali OG
Dz Ali OG...Pay me like you owe me!
This smilie makes me laugh everytime. Who is that?
DamienWayne
Superstar
lot of mansions in that soothwind area. jerry west got a house out there
DamienWayne
Superstar
lot of mansions in that southhwind area. jerry west got a house out there