Why I am Leaving Memphis (work, diverse, investment)

[Pearlbob]

Please take everything on this forum with a grain of salt. People tend to dramatize things and make things sound way worse than they are. Oops, I quoted the wrong person here, but that is for Worried4kids....quit worrying

Originally Posted by strumpeace

No more problem than you would receive most anywhere else. I attended a church in Bartlett for a while and was amazed to see white folks and black folks worshiping side-by-side every Sunday. (Never saw that in my downtown church.) The Bartlett schools are among the more diverse schools in the Shelby County district. I think race relations in Bartlett are probably as good as you're going to find in the Memphis metro. Not perfect by any means -- but not horrid, either.

Best wishes.

[Miami305Kid]

Originally Posted by Pearlbob

You have the right to your own thoughts. I think if you lived here, you'd be able to give a more informed opinion. Memphis does not equal Miami.

And you're right, black people should all just move away. That should be easy enough for everyone.

What are you talking about? I never suggested that black people should move from Memphis, I just said Memphis can't be that racist against them otherwise they wouldn't live there. I'm sure there is still racial tension in Memphis but people aren't burning crosses or not selling houses to black people otherwise they wouldn't live there and make up the majoirty of the city. As for Memphis' crime rate stop complaining. I live in Opa-locka aka Glock-A-Locka, Florida the deadliest city in the nation, Memphis has a lot going for it and if you can't see that move.

[strumpeace]

Originally Posted by Miami305Kid

What are you talking about? I never suggested that black people should move from Memphis, I just said Memphis can't be that racist against them otherwise they wouldn't live there.

That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

Change up some of the words in your sentence, and you'll see how nonsensical it is.

"I just said (1941 Germany) can't be that racist against (Jews) otherwise (Jews) wouldn't live there."

I'm not in any way comparing Germany to Memphis or race relation in Memphis to the Holocaust. I'm just pointing out the absurdity in your reasoning.

[Pearlbob]

Agreed with strumpeace. Please don't come on our forum and tell us to quit complaining because we have it so easy here.

[worried4kids]

Originally Posted by Pearlbob

Please take everything on this forum with a grain of salt. People tend to dramatize things and make things sound way worse than they are. Oops, I quoted the wrong person here, but that is for Worried4kids....quit worrying

Thank you! I will. (or atleast I'll try)

[Mrss]

We lived in Memphis from 1993 - 1999, then moved to the northeast until 2007. My husband wanted to move back and likes it here better than I do. However, I have lived in various other cities, and I think that Memphis is better than most people portray it to be. I find the people to be very nice - and in most cases far more courteous and respectful than in other cities. The weather isn't that bad. The libraries and museums are more than acceptable. Many of the neighborhoods are very beautiful. There are some excellent restaurants and stores. It doesn't take too long to get anywhere in town. It's not an expensive place compared to many others. People who can't find anything good about this place should leave - I agree - but honestly no place will be utopia. At least in Memphis, the problems are spoken of and identified -- in many places the same problems exist - sometimes even worse, but they are just better hidden. We are quite satisfied with the private school education our daughters are getting, and we are not 'Bible Thumpers' or elitists. I have well-educated friends who are quite satisfied with the public school education offered by White Station and Grahamwood. If there is one thing that makes me tire most about Memphis it is the fact that so many people who live here insist on denigrating their own hometown.

[memixer]

I am so excited but hopefully not too early with the new City School Leader Kriner Cash. Unfortunately he is having to start a police force just for the school system and announced a badge system where students will have to check in and out each day. This way the school system can track who is and isn't in school more quickly. There are some good positives and I welcome any new idea into Memphis. Recently there had been a Camera System installed and monitored 24X7 by the police department with other cameras coming online every day. I think they even are networking with businesses to have those placed monitored by camera? An invasion of privacy? No these are public places.. It has helped in England where they have massive camera monitoring networks. I say whatever works.

[kcnative]

I welcome cameras in schools for many reasons, but I sure as hell don't want to become like England, who has a 1984-type mentality in many ways, one of which being the overabundance of cameras.

Big brother doesn't need to watch everything everyone does...I don't care how "safe" it makes me.

[MemphisMonkeyMane]

Originally Posted by strumpeace

That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

Change up some of the words in your sentence, and you'll see how nonsensical it is.

"I just said (1941 Germany) can't be that racist against (Jews) otherwise (Jews) wouldn't live there."

I'm not in any way comparing Germany to Memphis or race relation in Memphis to the Holocaust. I'm just pointing out the absurdity in your reasoning.

Non sequitur ......I think I follow what Miami was suggesting and it's certainly NOT absurd reasoning to any lucid, unbiased, and sober reader.

There are far too many options for 'black folks' to exercise freely, and out of personal volition to have to be 'subjected' to all of that alleged 'racism'..I think that's what I got out of Miami's point.

Then you say you're not comparing Germany to Memphis, then go ahead and still make the specious comparison....now THAT's absurd reasoning it seems.

Jews in Europe could not exercise free will....at the time, they were hardly very mobile- few European countries wanted or welcomed an influx of Jews.

And here's a news flash >> there's anti-Semitism alive and well in Memphis, it's just the sneaky sort--just like the kind that non-whites face each day in Memphis- a sneaky brand, covert, institutionalized, embedded, a "WHO ME ? I'm not a racist" brand---

whew

[km702]

Its the heat!

Originally Posted by emp6t

I have been en Memphis for 9 months now, came to town with my adventurous family, and it has been quite dissappointing. How can people treat each other so badly? I am not speaking about specific "colors" of people, it is the general way everyday life takes place amongst everybody. Fake, shallow, and plain mean.

Those who praise it state loving "what Memphis could be but is not". Instead of taking a defensive stand, why not try facing what the problems truly are?