Hubby just told me that he’s been to Memphis exactly once while traveling for work. He also said he will never go there again.
I was in Memphis about 55 years ago, plus or minus a few years. I don’t think it was quite like this (in any way) all those years ago.
I’ve only been to Graceland which I think isn’t exactly in downtown Memphis. The tour was better than I thought. This was in the early 2000s. It was a part of a road trip to New Orleans.
Chicago, LA, Seattle, Denver, Portland...they were all very different 55 years ago.
The last time I was in Memphis was in the late 90’s or in 2000.
My sister and I were staying in Tunica at a hotel in a casino. The casino gave us tickets the Rod Stewart concert at the Pyramid in Memphis and sent us to the concert in a limousine.
We shared the limo ride with the son of an Alabama congressman. Nice boy but he was clearly high as a kite, lol.
Anyway, as soon as we entered Memphis, the limo driver locked all of the doors. He explained that he felt it was safer to have the doors locked due to the crime in Memphis.
Needless to say, we went nowhere except to the concert then back to the hotel/casino.
The congressman’s son asked to be let out at Beale Street. I hope nothing happened to him, because he was clearly in no condition to defend himself.