WHAT IS WRONG WITH MEMPHIS ?

**** EVERYBODY IS TRASHING MEMPHIS . BOOKS, MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS , & TV SPECIALS . 

 ON THE LIST OF THE WORST PLACES TO LIVE MEMPHIS IS IN THE TOP FIVE ON EVERY LIST 
HOW DID MEMPHIS MANAGE THIS   POSITION ? 
  MEMPHIS RATES HIGH IN : 
1. CRIME
2.POVERTY
3. CORRUPT GOVERNMENT
4. RACE RELATIONS 
5. FAILING SCHOOLS 
6. HEALTH ISSUES 
7.UNWED MOTHERS 
8. UNEMPLOYMENT.
9. FORECLOSURES
      AND ON & ON .

   NOW, I LOVE MEMPHIS . I HAVE LIVED IN THE MEMPHIS METRO AREA FOR 38 YEARS . ALL OF MY ADULT YEARS WERE SPENT IN METRO MEMPHIS . 

 MEMPHIS USED TO BE A FINE PLACE . MANY POINTS OF INTEREST & LOTS TO DO . GREAT EATING SPOTS & FINE ENTERTAINMENT . 

 FOLKS TOOK PRIDE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH WAS IDENTIFIED BY THEIR SCHOOL .  SOUTH SIDE SCRAPPERS , HUMES  TIGERS , & MESICK PANTHERS TO NAME A FEW . 


 THERE WERE JOBS & A CHANCE TO BETTER YOUR LIFE . MEGA - CHURCHES IMPACTED THE AREA . TO MOVE TO MEMPHIS WAS MOVING TO THE BIG TIME . 


 WHAT HAPPENED ? MEMPHIS HAS BEEN LOSING GROUND FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS . A LITTLE BIT EVERY DAY . 


 ALL THE PROBLEMS LISTED ARE SERIOUS BUT SOME STAND OUT IN MY MIND . 


 CRIME  - MEMPHIS IS NOT SAFE . IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A MURDER A DAY IN TOWN . I USED TO GO ALL OVER THIS TOWN . I HAVE BEEN TO EVERY GYM & FOOTBALL FIELD HERE . I WENT AT NIGHT & NEVER WORRIED . NOW THOSE SAME PLACES I WON'T GO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY . A TRIP TO THE QUICK CHECK HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR DISASTER . 


 CORRUPT GOVERNMENT  - MEMPHIS GOVERNMENT IS A ROTTEN MESS . THE ELECTED CREW HAS STOLEN ABOUT EVERY THING THERE IS TO STEAL . THEY PASS LAWS FOR THEIR PERSONAL BENEFIT & GRANT THEMSELVES LARGE PENSIONS . THERE ARE MORE CROOKS AT THE COUNCIL MEETINGS THAN THERE ARE AT 201 POPLAR . 


 RACE RELATIONS - MEMPHIS IS THE MOST POLARIZED CITY IN THE NATION . EVERYTHING IS A BLACK /WHITE ISSUE . SOME PEOPLE HAVE MADE A CAREER OF RACE BAITING . THEY STIR THE POT EVERY CHANCE THEY GET . BLACKS & WHITES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET OUT OF THIS MESS . EITHER THAT OR THEY WILL BOIL TOGETHER IN THE MEMPHIS POT . 

 FAILING SCHOOLS - MEMPHIS WILL HAVE TROUBLE ATTRACTING BUSINESS & BIG TIME JOBS BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS ARE THE WORST IN THE STATE . COMPANIES & JOBS ARE RELOCATING TO OTHER AREAS WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE NOT SO GREAT . IT LOOKS LIKE THE SCHOOLS WILL ONLY GET WORSE .   

  IS THERE HOPE FOR MEMPHIS ?  I DON'T THINK SO . YOU SEE HATE DESTROYS THE ONE WHO HATES AS MUCH AS THE HATED . 


 MEMPHIS PAYS A BIG PRICE EVERY DAY BECAUSE IN STEAD OF FIGHTING THE PROBLEMS THEY CONTINUE TO FIGHT EACH OTHER . 


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