I think that in some cities, you could merely fence in portions of the cities. I don’t know all the areas of Chattanooga, but areas like Hixson, which is in the city proper, are decided not liberal for the most part.
Maybe the fencing can be done by population density - seems the closer together people live, the dumber they get.
Alton Park and the surrounding areas would be a good place to start in Chattanooga. Also, the other end of Dodds Ave. from Memorial and Erlanger. Some of the places around Main St. and MLK Blvd. downtown. Heck, you’d have to fence off 2/3 of Chattanooga. Alton Park is where my daughter and I were detoured due to construction 20 years ago on our way to Erlanger. We stopped and asked a cop how to get out of that area. He told us how to get out and added that “you ladies are the wrong color to be in this neighborhood so get out as fast as you can”.
Knoxville isn’t quite as seedy in most areas, but it has its spots. Knoxville is a little more civilized than Choo-Choo.
I haven’t been to Nashville since my parents lived there and my brother was at MTSU, so I know nothing about Nashville’s politics.
I have only been through Memphis one time in my life and swore to never go back.
“The mobs of great cities add just so much to support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human body.”
—Thomas Jefferson