Avoid Greenville at all costs (Corinth, Leland: houses, job market, transfer)

[MarkinTN]

Greenville wasn't such a bad place to grow up. Back in the day, I could play in my neighborhood park, ride my bike anywhere (south of Hwy 82,) play baseball 'til dark, spend the weekend at the lake on the family boat, etc. As I got older, I went to movies, skated, did the loop around McDonald's (or Sonic) to the levee and back and back again, hung out with friends from Washington School. Never saw drugs (or alcohol 'til I was much older in HS.) Learned to drive in the area around Colorado and Reed Rd. It was a diffeernt time then. I'm in Memphis now and my children can't do any of the before-mentioned things without my supervision. My older daoughter is 9, and I won't let her ride her bike more than 2 blocks away from our house. When I was 9, I was riding my bike from Colorado/Reed Rd to the Greenville Mall area all the time. Times have certainly changes.

[MarkinTN]

sorry, typing skills diminished...

[jlrich]

Originally Posted by Delta lady

Risks? Try the big cities like NYC, LA, Detroit....and get back to me of your "safer" experience!

Sorry, but Greenville is no safer than the big cities you mentioned, it's just on a smaller scale. If you look at it percentage-wise or per capita then Greenville is as bad as the big cities.

Originally Posted by Delta Lady

I have lived in Greenville all my life, I raised my kids here, my relatives are still here. We make the best of it and try to find joy in life and in Greenville.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with that but since you haven't lived anywhere else then you really don't know any other quality of life. It's hard to know any difference if you've never lived any differently. And if you're content that's all that should matter.

Unfortunately, it takes more than just a handful of pro-active people to make things happen. And I don't think different city leaders is going to make a big difference. When one affects a person or group positively another group is going to be affected negatively.

Lastly, no one expects people to give up on Greenville but there's not a lot of positives to attract new residents. And I sure wouldn't sugar-coat information for a potential newcomer.

[Maxchus]

I can't help thinking that Greenville sounds somewhat like a mini-New Orleans at it's worst.

[memphisnative]

Originally Posted by sad delta

Greenville does have some beautiful homes...when you said you went to Washington, did you mean Washington School? It's not feasible for those of us who own a business to just pick up and move, even though we may sometimes want to! Oxford is a nice place...two of my children live there now! What part of Florida do you live in? I'm familiar with the Ft. Walton Beach area....I think the panhandle is a really nice area!!

I now live in Tampa. yes Washington School. I enjoy the nature here. I have always been in either Memphis or Greenville and enjoyed the squirrels, etc. but now I see parrots, lizards, gators, turtles, and have even seen flamingos all wild. It is beautiful but hot most of the year. We get 2 weeks of winter and 50 of summer. I do miss brick homes and landscaped yards though.

[darhe3425]

Sasha, so...what lesson did you learn? You experienced racism? This is exactly what blacks have experienced for generations..."oh my god, not me, not....me, I'm caucasion..I'm not supposed to be discriminated against." I don't condone what happened, but you are griping about the very experiences that created GREENVILLE! You saw what many see daily and can't move. Talk to your "black friends whom I love dearly," they hopefully will honestly tell you that this is not new, just new to you.

[savage71chevelless]

I live in NC, and like to visit the Memphis area often. Last time I was there, I made the drive down 61 from Memphis to Greenville and ate a steak at Does Eat Place, that was the best steak I have ever had in my life. What an amazing restaurant, and Aunt Flo even hand wrote her recipe for me for her marinated salad. I can't wait to go back

[lisainthesky]

I used to shop at A&P and Baskin Robbins...both are gone now! And so is the plane at Hardy Park! But, Hardy Park looks good! It didn't run down....I remember when it was called Greenway Park!! Do you remember that?

I do remember that! Although my family always called it the "airplane park". Still do, now that I think about it, even though that plane has been gone for, what, twenty years?

Other good memories... climbing the tower at Warfield Point, going with my grandmother to Jitney Jungle, feeding the ducks by the levee before the casinos moved in, hours upon hours walking in the cemetary on Main St., shopping at McCormick's Book Inn.

I was born in Greenville but left when my parents divorced when I was very young. My father and his family are still there, and I visited every summer growing up. Now I usually go back once a year for a week or so. (I live in FL, it's a long drive!) I love my family and I have good memories, but I would never move there. First off I'd never get a job paying what I get now, and second it's depressing. I don't know if it's the crime or what, but just being there makes me feel sad.

[RCM032505]

Yea I know what you mean, been here all my life, and it makes me feel sad. But I'ts my home town and I make the best of it. I'ts not a bad town, well just certain parts, but every town has that, Greenville just needs the voters to get out and vote in some people that will turn this town around in the right direction, but here, people dont feel there vote will count, so they dont vote. Its very simple and easy, just go vote. Last mayor election 21,000 registered voters, only 7,000 voted. And they wonder why?

[willdufauve]

Originally Posted by RCM032505

Last mayor election 21,000 registered voters, only 7,000 voted. And they wonder why?

That 33% isn't out of line with many areas of the country. In my town it's closer to 25% of registered voters vote in local elections.