I've lived in both, both are great. But Memphis gets my vote. Beef bbq in Texas.
Fred S, Liar in Chief
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MrFedEx
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True story, but anecdotal Dano. A major FedEx vendor/supplier had just left MEM and either texted or emailed someone at his employer how relieved he was to be leaving the hellhole that is MEM. Problem was that he accidentally also sent it to someone high up at FedEx, whom he had apparently just finished meetings with.
FedEx didn't take it well and cancelled all business with that company immediately. Apparently Fred and Friends are really proud of Memphis. My source is reliable, and that company is no longer a supplier to FedEx.
Yes, the food is really good, but you have to eat it there.
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MrFedEx
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I have lots of relatives in Canada. Wish I lived there. Memphites are forbidden to enter lest they defile the gene pool, eh?
Memphis reminds me in areas of every big city I ever been to.. Dallas, Vegas, Montreal, Toronto, Richmond, Orlando, Boston, NYC, ETC.. Some very nice areas and some 3rd world country areas.. All of them have big $$$$ companies there and all of them have 3rd world country areas.. FedEx is not the reason why Memphis has bad areas.. Look at NYC.. huge $$$ but it has the biggest hell hole anywhere..
UnconTROLLed
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you have never visited third-world countries
MrFedEx
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I spent 4 days in the Memphis general area once with my wife on a mini-vacation combined with having to be there one day for business. We checked out Germantown and were unimpressed, went to Lake Pickwick and thought it was pretty ugly, and checked out Tunica for some casino action. All of it disappointing and drab. There were a few interesting Civil War markers and some minor decent scenery.
Collierville was OK, but also pretty lame. The most exciting part of the trip was the drive to Tunica, where I wish I had a 50 caliber machine gun and an armored vehicle.
Memphis has good food, and that's about it.
59 Dano
I just want to make friends!
Why, because you were threatened by the all of the nothing that's between Memphis and Tunica? Seriously, it's fields, utility poles, and casino billboards.
MrFedEx
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Yeah, once you get close to Tunica. The way we went took us through some very interesting neighborhoods. Maybe you take your personal helicopter to get there.
59 Dano
I just want to make friends!
You wanted an armored vehicle and a .50 cal weapon for a 5 minute drive through a black part of town? Sure, that stretch of town looks po', but it's no big deal to drive through there.
Unless you have a problem with black people.
You should go through mostly Christian neighborhoods. Perfectly safe.
MrFedEx
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Yeah. I have such a problem that I married a Black woman.
MrFedEx
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59 Dano
I just want to make friends!
No problems with Germantown, Collierville, or Pickwick Lake areas (all overwhelmingly white), but a five minute drive through the black part of town and you want military transportation and weaponry? "But but but I married a black woman, so that absolves me of everything LOL!"
He has a black friend too.
MrFedEx
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I spent plenty of time in the non-white areas too. Kind of sounds like you have a problem with Blacks. Projecting? Some of the locals there were not nice, which happens in both Black and White areas, especially in Memphis.
Unlike you.
One of my best friends, gave me rides to church in Connecticut.
59 Dano
I just want to make friends!
You're the one who said that you were scared of the black part of town, not me.
