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the good news is that memphis came in at #43 or -2.1% representing a total job loss of 13,500. knoxville came in at #42 or -3.9% representing a total job loss of 13,000, chattanooga came in at #22 with a job loss of 7,400 or a 3.0% loss.
nashville, unfortunately, came in at #63 with a whallopping and disappointing 31,600 job loss number or a 4.2%. if it weren't for nashville-davidson county tn's numbers wouldn't look so bad. their numbers sort of skew and screw up the whole ball of wax for tn. maybe we could get that big knife out and excise nashville and paste it in to southern kentucky.
seriously, the democrats don't seem to be making any difference in things, however, i'm thankful that memphis has a very diverse economic base, and it can weather the economic downturn. i hope things will improve for all of the state, and soon.
Nashville does have a superior attitude towards memphis. Why. I don't know.
Nashville does have a superior attitude towards memphis. Why. I don't know.
i think it has always been because nashville (the actual city) and davidson county has always been so much smaller than memphis proper, and, of course, big shelby. never in tn's history could the first two compete numerically w/ memphis, the city, or shelby, the county. afterall, the city of memphis has always been a good deal larger than the entire county of davidson, which contains nashville. nashville remains about 300,000+ smaller population-wise than shelby county. when you visit the area of davidson county and drive through it, you quickly realize this by urban feel and actual density. when you speak of the three or four cities in the counties outside of nashville---most no less than 38 miles and some as much as 60, nashville identifies itself as a city than takes in 13 counties, many of them rural farmland counties. i have heard my family, friends, and visitors, who have visited or moved to the area, who were shocked that the area was so rural. they call it green acres. these folk are from the north, northeast, and pacific west, where there are heavy cores of population, in broad bands.
nashville has always been sort of like the kid in the first or second grade, who begs to be seen, raises his hand, flapping his arms, yelling, "pick me! pick me!" "i know!", "i know!", the one who always brags about where they live, what new toys they have, the "firsts" in everything, but the last picked for a team. "look at me!", "look at me!" the one upsmanship of the south, the stuart smally of the south i think sort of sums it up accurately. i read someone's comments yesterday who stated that nashville was obsessed w/ telling people who didn't know better about how big a city it was, how sophisticated, how it wasn't country music, etc. mainly, how it was desperate to try and rebuild its image and distance itself from its past as a country music place. the wannabe city of wannbe urbanites of the south. sort of pathetic. insecurity and feelings of inferiority.
When I first moved to Memphis I would wonder why so many blacks hated whites. I am black by the way.
After 6 months of living there and experienced good ole southern bigotry and racist attitudes. I could see why native blacks felt the way they felt.
Thank God that I knew that whites "I met" in Memphis didn't represent the attitudes of the white race in general.
Amen, brother/sister!! I made a black joke to a white co-worker and his wife. I'm black, btw. Man, was it awkward!! Not for me though. I thought it was pretty funny. Their laughter was very contrived and their expressions were painful to watch. This guy drops F-bombs like the movie Hangover and the word "black" made him squeamish. I have another white co-worker who practically whispered the word "black" when we were discussing the president. I'm thinking, "Okay, dude! I'm black. What's so offensive about being called black?!" Acknowledging our differences doesn't make one a racist. But these are people who only interact with blacks when they have no other choice. Of course, that's most white people here. It's probably due to all the stuff they say when there are no blacks around. And blacks pretty much hang with other blacks here as well. And that's not my opinion. Anyone used to diversity would be blown away by seeing this. And you're 100% right about the "ole southern bigotry". They think you should be pushing, pulling, lifting, stealing something, or shooting someone. What's sad is a lot of young black males here are into that. Now we're right back to square one.
i think it has always been because nashville (the actual city) and davidson county has always been so much smaller than memphis proper, and, of course, big shelby. never in tn's history could the first two compete numerically w/ memphis, the city, or shelby, the county. afterall, the city of memphis has always been a good deal larger than the entire county of davidson, which contains nashville. nashville remains about 300,000+ smaller population-wise than shelby county. when you visit the area of davidson county and drive through it, you quickly realize this by urban feel and actual density. when you speak of the three or four cities in the counties outside of nashville---most no less than 38 miles and some as much as 60, nashville identifies itself as a city than takes in 13 counties, many of them rural farmland counties. i have heard my family, friends, and visitors, who have visited or moved to the area, who were shocked that the area was so rural. they call it green acres. these folk are from the north, northeast, and pacific west, where there are heavy cores of population, in broad bands.
nashville has always been sort of like the kid in the first or second grade, who begs to be seen, raises his hand, flapping his arms, yelling, "pick me! pick me!" "i know!", "i know!", the one who always brags about where they live, what new toys they have, the "firsts" in everything, but the last picked for a team. "look at me!", "look at me!" the one upsmanship of the south, the stuart smally of the south i think sort of sums it up accurately. i read someone's comments yesterday who stated that nashville was obsessed w/ telling people who didn't know better about how big a city it was, how sophisticated, how it wasn't country music, etc. mainly, how it was desperate to try and rebuild its image and distance itself from its past as a country music place. the wannabe city of wannbe urbanites of the south. sort of pathetic. insecurity and feelings of inferiority.
You are absolutely right. Even when I lived in St. Louis, my family from Nashville would always try to tell me how much better Nashville was and why I should move there. There was also a lot of jealousy. I thought that was crazy. If you live in a great city fine. Last time I was in Nashville someone tried to blame the crime rate on Memphis.
You are absolutely right. Even when I lived in St. Louis, my family from Nashville would always try to tell me how much better Nashville was and why I should move there. There was also a lot of jealousy. I thought that was crazy. If you live in a great city fine. Last time I was in Nashville someone tried to blame the crime rate on Memphis.
it has actually gotten to be so silly on their part that a group of running jokes has begun to be circulated in several larger metro areas. I think the name is, "Ssh, don't tell nashville." the entire booklet has jokes and stories that start out about other cities, some nashville folk get into the conversation, and the entire conversation, the jokes, and the party ends up running everyone off, as the nashville people take over the party and begin to tell you how wonderful they think they are. i have only gotten to read part of it, but it is funny in the way they have the seceneros constructed. i think some of them get a little dirty. many are sat up as new yorkers and easterners making fun of country music singers, fans, and mountain reationships. much of it is funny.
i think it has always been because nashville (the actual city) and davidson county has always been so much smaller than memphis proper, and, of course, big shelby. never in tn's history could the first two compete numerically w/ memphis, the city, or shelby, the county. afterall, the city of memphis has always been a good deal larger than the entire county of davidson, which contains nashville. nashville remains about 300,000+ smaller population-wise than shelby county. when you visit the area of davidson county and drive through it, you quickly realize this by urban feel and actual density. when you speak of the three or four cities in the counties outside of nashville---most no less than 38 miles and some as much as 60, nashville identifies itself as a city than takes in 13 counties, many of them rural farmland counties. i have heard my family, friends, and visitors, who have visited or moved to the area, who were shocked that the area was so rural. they call it green acres. these folk are from the north, northeast, and pacific west, where there are heavy cores of population, in broad bands.
nashville has always been sort of like the kid in the first or second grade, who begs to be seen, raises his hand, flapping his arms, yelling, "pick me! pick me!" "i know!", "i know!", the one who always brags about where they live, what new toys they have, the "firsts" in everything, but the last picked for a team. "look at me!", "look at me!" the one upsmanship of the south, the stuart smally of the south i think sort of sums it up accurately. i read someone's comments yesterday who stated that nashville was obsessed w/ telling people who didn't know better about how big a city it was, how sophisticated, how it wasn't country music, etc. mainly, how it was desperate to try and rebuild its image and distance itself from its past as a country music place. the wannabe city of wannbe urbanites of the south. sort of pathetic. insecurity and feelings of inferiority.
kingchef; I wish I could give you 100 rep points for this post. I moved to Nashville 2 years ago and am blown away by how these people are about this city. You made my day with this post!
Amen, brother/sister!! I made a black joke to a white co-worker and his wife. I'm black, btw. Man, was it awkward!! Not for me though. I thought it was pretty funny. Their laughter was very contrived and their expressions were painful to watch. This guy drops F-bombs like the movie Hangover and the word "black" made him squeamish. I have another white co-worker who practically whispered the word "black" when we were discussing the president. I'm thinking, "Okay, dude! I'm black. What's so offensive about being called black?!" ...
Agree. I've noticed for many years in other cities people try to avoid using terms like black or white when simply pointing out someone for a completely innocent reason.
It can get kind of ridiculous. People resort to hair color, stature or jewelry. If that doesn't work they using clothing color.
kingchef; I wish I could give you 100 rep points for this post. I moved to Nashville 2 years ago and am blown away by how these people are about this city. You made my day with this post!
several weeks ago, some lady was writing about a smiliar take on nashville, and i laughed on myself so hard until i peed a little bit (now that is disclosure). nonetheless, see telling of her trek to a local store, to work or something, and obviously was seeing what the normal individual would wee in any city of 50,000 or more. one of the thngs that made me laugh so hard centered around all the perfectly wonderful and cheery things she had just pasted on the walk to her desitnation, when suddenly, a striped unicorn ran out in front of her and jumped over a magical and unusually colorful rainbow.
she really did a wonderful job explaingly a never, neverland.
i don't necessarily believe nashville is the only city that has reporters and cheerleaders who do have this sort of writing and reviewing for their towns; nevertheless, i certainly think that nashville is at the top of the list. last year, many of us were in a bar having drinks and discussing silly, stupid, and just dumb ideas brought before city, county, and metro governments. the topic of english as a first language vs spanish was on the agenda in nashville. time was actually used for this topic and vote. it is probably safe to say there might be a pretty good majority of english speaking children in tn, the the outcome on the vote was going to be a decidedly and resounding YES for english. thankfully, nashville was able to quell another desperate social tide. i hear through the spanish grapevienes, that somalis are next up....eeh, eeh, eeh. no where but multicultural nashville, the wannabe new york of the south. pretty good laugh.
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