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04-07-2009, 01:26 PM
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Ugly: Atlanta
Scenic: New Orleans/Savannah/Charleston
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04-07-2009, 01:42 PM
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What is the most scenic Southern city and which is the ugliest?
oh, that's not a subjective question at all...
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04-07-2009, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by City Fanatic
Much of Memphis is dirty, particularly areas just east of downtown, as well as southeast of downtown. Only until you get out toward Germantown, Bartlett, or Cordova does it become nice.
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The suburbs look like crap compared to some parts of the city. If Cordova is your idea of nice then i dont know what to tell you. There are some really nice neighborhoods within the city limits. Here are some birdseye views of some neighborhoods in Memphis:
Central Gardens, Midtown
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3...ie/central.jpg
Harbor Town, Mud Island
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3...kie/harbor.jpg
Chickasaw Gardens, East Memphis
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3.../chickasaw.jpg
Walnut Grove, East Memphis
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3...kie/walnut.jpg
Shady Grove, East Memphis
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3...shadygrove.jpg
Galloway Gardens, East Memphis
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3...e/galloway.jpg
Belle Meade, East Memphis
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3...okie/belle.jpg
I could really go on and on but i'll just stop here
Last edited by Smtchll; 04-07-2009 at 06:51 PM..
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04-07-2009, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Smtchll
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Those are nice. Can you post a map, showing where these communities lie within the metropolitan Memphis area?
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04-07-2009, 11:11 PM
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1. Central Gardens, Midtown
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3...ie/central.jpg
2. Harbor Town, Mud Island
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3...kie/harbor.jpg
3. Chickasaw Gardens, East Memphis
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3.../chickasaw.jpg
4. Walnut Grove, East Memphis
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3...kie/walnut.jpg
5. Shady Grove, East Memphis
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3...shadygrove.jpg
6. Galloway Gardens, East Memphis
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3...e/galloway.jpg
7. Belle Meade, East Memphis
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3...okie/belle.jpg
The road that 6 & 7 are touching is Poplar Avenue. There's basically a "Poplar Corridor" from Downtown to Germantown. It's the areas of the city that have remained affluent even after white flight. I attribute it to the large number of private schools. The Poplar Corridor is usually around 1 mile on each side of Poplar, some areas it's half a mile on each side, others it's almost 2 miles on each side. So we're talking about a large area of nice neighborhoods.
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04-08-2009, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by City Fanatic
What makes you think that I've only seen it from the freeway. Even then, you're admitting that Houston's freeways are ugly?
The Clear Lake area is nice, as is the Galleria area, the Woodlands, and Conroe. There are other areas. Overall, though, I wasn't impressed with the look of the eastern Houston area, with its massive oil refineries towering over the horizon, or the tackiness of its freeway advertising (everywhere, and to the extreme), or its mediocre beaches in Galveston.
If I recall, if you drive from the east heading west along I-40, and you instead continue west onto what was originally supposed to be I-40 (west of where I-40 shifts onto the loop), this freeway dead-ends into some very slummy, hardcore neighborhoods.
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Are Freeways supposed to be pretty?? And if they are Houston has some of the best freeways in the country, according to alot of trucking websites. |
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04-08-2009, 11:47 AM
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scenic birmingham suburban
samford university:
http://i.pbase.com/g6/58/298158/2/74600825.qFNDqE7C.jpg (broken link)
Mountain Brook:
http://i.pbase.com/g6/58/298158/2/74608198.zpWCGSko.jpg (broken link)
Inverness:
http://i.pbase.com/g6/58/298158/2/74609499.LQCbFlHR.jpg (broken link)
Oak Mountain:
http://i.pbase.com/g6/58/298158/2/74608755.uxV7yqkh.jpg (broken link)
Ross Ridge:
http://i.pbase.com/g6/58/298158/2/74608754.Zs6AhVdF.jpg (broken link)
BellSouth (att):
http://i.pbase.com/g6/58/298158/2/74608758.a3W3ZyRK.jpg (broken link)
Galleria mall:
http://i.pbase.com/g6/58/298158/2/74608741.0MVpYYnX.jpg (broken link)
Regions Bank:
http://i.pbase.com/g6/58/298158/2/74608746.qkC7vTtd.jpg (broken link)
Cahaba River:
http://i.pbase.com/g6/58/298158/2/74600647.zWnMULsE.jpg (broken link)
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04-08-2009, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by MrSykes
Well every city has neighborhoods that can be considered nice. I just wasn't impressed with the city as a whole. Actually found it to be quite dull and bland (perhaps except the University area). But then that was 8 yrs ago. Hey maybe it's changed a little. Might have to take a trip down there one weekend.
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You just must not have been to the right areas of town. And when it comes to dull and bland, Houston pretty much takes the cake. |
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04-08-2009, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by LovinDecatur
We'd better leave it at that. The Mountain Brookers that I know don't want the word to get out.  |
I sure don't. We've had three different refugees from California move onto our street in the past two years. |
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04-08-2009, 10:41 PM
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Location: Bayou City Megaplex
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cpg35223
You just must not have been to the right areas of town. And when it comes to dull and bland, Houston pretty much takes the cake.
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Over Birmingham? Beg to differ. |
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