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I get the feeling Memphis is similar to St. Louis in terms of the crime rep being partially a function of how the city boundaries are drawn. Also that most of the crime is confined to certain sections of the city and at least half of the city has crime rates comparable to suburbs.
I get the feeling Memphis is similar to St. Louis in terms of the crime rep being partially a function of how the city boundaries are drawn. Also that most of the crime is confined to certain sections of the city and at least half of the city has crime rates comparable to suburbs.
yeah, kinda, but I think the boundaries of Memphis actually work more in favor for the city because it has annexed nice areas, while St. Louis' boundaries work against it because it couldn't annex nearby nice areas. This is the big difference.
It would be like if St. Louis annexed Clayton, Ladue, Webster Groves, and other really nice inner-ring suburbs. I compare those areas to East Memphis. East Memphis is essentially suburban, but it's all within the city limits (a large, populated chunk of the city.) Memphis also has a central corridor of nice areas much like St. Louis. Memphis is really nice along the central corridor, from Downtown to East Memphis & the suburbs.
But I think St. Louis' crime is more confined. St. Louis has a bad side (North City) while Memphis has 2: North Memphis & South Memphis, along with the areas North & South of them (former suburbs, now part of the city) So it would be as if North City, South City, North County, and South County were all part of the city & all bad areas. While the central corridor remains nice, and the wealthy suburbs that I mentioned earlier were also in the city limits.
"Green=Good, Purple=Good..but some my not like it because of some surrounding areas, Yellow=Precede with caution, Orange=Bad..but not the worst, and Red=Bad and worst."
Although this isn't particularly specific, I have to say that I always hear a lot of negative view-points about the country-side in the South. Some examples would be the state of West Virginia, rural Georgia and Alabama (maybe Mississippi). I think a lot of people view the rural south as racist and back-woods.
In other words, it's not necessarily cities that give a region a bad name.
I think NJ's reputation is goin' down hill rapidly now that Jersey Shore started on TV. Everyone thinks all New Jersey people are like that mess, which I can't personally say yes or no. I've been a lot of places, but I guess the state's image kept me away too. Haha
Jessie
Indeed, but the fine people on that show aren't even from New Jersey. They're New Yorkers!
I understand what you are saying about states BUT I was responding to the OP who asked what cities give their state/region a bad name or image.
I don't think the cities in the states you mentioned give a false image and stereotype of the whole state, at least to the extent that Newark and Camden does to New Jersey.
Another city that might give its state a unfair image could be Detroit to the State of Michigan.
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