Ran into one of my territorial neighbor's posts

[Hay Dude]

How many country people move to the city? :laughing:
How many city people move to the country? MILLIONS

And why do those millions move from city to country? To escape mostly CRIME.

So dont tell me 100K country people have about the same criminal records as 100K city people.

 

[buck12]

You couldn't pay me enough to move to Memphis. My regional manager tried. They've had issues with staffing that location with quality help. Anyone local worth a hoot is working for the refinery or one of the other plants. And once someone thinking about transferring visits the area, the answer turns into a "He*l no!!!! I won't go!!!!"

I have never lived in Memphis and never plan to but it痴 not all bad. Memphis has a lot of good things but like every urban area it has plenty of problems.

I live in a nice small town that is family friendly but within an hour I have the urban amenities if needed and 45 minutes from my house I have my rural property with complete isolation and peace. While I would love to live on the rural property that has been in my family for well over a hundred years the schools are not good and the area lacks many of the activities my children value.

 

[tallyho8]

I can tell a "true" story about country people. I will preface it by saying that I prefer to meet country people than city people because it seems we have more in common.

Back when I was 7 years old we visited our relatives north of Hagarville Arkansas on the border of the Ozark National Forest and intently listened to the elders stories of times past in the mountains. My step-grandfather told a story passed down to him by his grandfather about a skirmish between confederate troops and union troops outside Fort Douglas, a small encampment in the rugged Boston mountains. As the story goes, the Confederates took a few Yankee prisoners that they held until they heard news that the war ended.

All the soldiers were anxious to head home and a local whose family had acreage in the back country across the creek was the last to leave and in charge of releasing the prisoners. Instead he decided to bring them home to his family to make slaves out of them for the rest of their lives. Being miles from the closest small town and living in the backwoods across a creek and down a road that a mule could barely get down made it easy for them to keep the secret throughout their lives. The few locals in the area happened upon their secret but knowing how bad this clan was kept it among themselves. He told me their family name but I won't reveal it since they are still in the same area.

Forty three years later one of my friends and I went trailriding in the Ozarks down this little forest service road next to Little Piney Creek and after a few miles decided to water the horses in the creek. We saw a path that led about 50 feet down to the creek and walked the horses down and let them drink. In amazement we watched a new Ford 4 wheel drive come down a small path on the other side of the creek , cross it and stop, and a rough looking hombre stepped out with a holstered gun shouting "what are you'uns doing on my property?"

We explained we were just watering the horses and thought this was forest service property as it was unmarked and apologized for being there and said we would be leaving and stay off the property from now on. He said he would let us go this time but if he ever caught us again it wouldn't be nice. As we left and got a few hundred feet down the road I saw a mailbox and recognized the name on it as the same last name my grandfather had told me about. We never trail rode in that area again.

Since that time we trail rode in the Ozarks about 20 times in 15 years, met many people, and would have loved to have any of them for my neighbors.

In perspective I would like to point out that there are city areas 20 miles from my house that you would not ever catch me entering unless my life depended on it.

 

[tallyho8]

How many country people move to the city? :laughing:
How many city people move to the country? MILLIONS

In 1930 New Orleans was a small city but still the 13th largest in America. In the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s tens of thousands of country people from small towns throughout Louisiana and Mississippi flocked to New Orleans in droves. This resulted in the 70s and 80s in what was called "white flight" as tens of thousands left New Orleans for more rural areas. I suppose that this is the same thing that has happened to most of our cities throughout the country. The "country" people who moved to the cities are the reason the "city" people are moving to the country.

 

[Dftodd]

I have never lived in Memphis and never plan to but it痴 not all bad. Memphis has a lot of good things but like every urban area it has plenty of problems.

I live in a nice small town that is family friendly but within an hour I have the urban amenities if needed and 45 minutes from my house I have my rural property with complete isolation and peace. While I would love to live on the rural property that has been in my family for well over a hundred years the schools are not good and the area lacks many of the activities my children value.

Memphis is actually one of the worst cities I've visited. It has it's good areas. But seems to be more run down for the most part. It's like they started the urban renewal and stopped partway through. So you have really nice spots surrounded by really rough and dumpy areas. I get the impression that your 1 exit away from disaster when traveling around there.

Quite a few areas seem to lack amenities as well. You have to travel for restaraunts and food. And in my case, I may have to work there for a few days, so decent food close by to my hotel is important.

The hotels on the south side are suspect at best. And the few decent ones can't handle a service truck, or are booked up for months on end. So I actually stay across the border in Mississippi. Decent hotels and plenty of food options close by.

 

[buck12]

Memphis is actually one of the worst cities I've visited. It has it's good areas. But seems to be more run down for the most part. It's like they started the urban renewal and stopped partway through. So you have really nice spots surrounded by really rough and dumpy areas. I get the impression that your 1 exit away from disaster when traveling around there.

Quite a few areas seem to lack amenities as well. You have to travel for restaraunts and food. And in my case, I may have to work there for a few days, so decent food close by to my hotel is important.

The hotels on the south side are suspect at best. And the few decent ones can't handle a service truck, or are booked up for months on end. So I actually stay across the border in Mississippi. Decent hotels and plenty of food options close by.

Please don’t tell our secret that North MS is a great place.

 

[fried1765]

My lady friend has mentioned to me, that her father who is a phycropracter (SP?) insists, you have to piss with VIGOR! I try, but man it's a lot of work.

That sort of "vigor" has left this body.
Goal now, at nearly 80, is to miss my shoes.
Seriously!

 

[Popgadget]

As a tourist, I always liked Memphis, primarily for the music on Beale St., and the food at the Rendezvous.
But a nice place to visit doesn’t mean that it would be a good place to live.

 

[Dftodd]

Please don’t tell our secret that North MS is a great place.

Oops Sorry!!! You probably know right where I stay then, right off from I55.

 

[the old grind]

... why do those millions move from city to country? To escape mostly EACH OTHER.

Fixed that for ya.