Very sad...grew up about 100 miles from Memphis, and in those days, it was a great place to go to see a concert, visit a mall or enjoy a good meal. There were dangerous neighborhoods in Memphis back in those days, but as long as you stayed out of places like Orange Mound, you had little to fear. I remember visiting relatives in Whitehaven, and it was a nice, middle-class suburb.
Forty years later, Memphis is literally Chicago on the Mississippi. Any one who could afford to leave—white, black, Hispanic—moved a long time ago. All of the growth in the metro area has been in eastern Shelby county, further east in Fayette County, and in northern Mississippi.
As I said in a previous post, Memphians should thank their lucky stars that Fred Smith decided to move FedEx from Little Rock to Memphis years ago. Many of the companies that were once headquartered in Memphis (such as Holiday Inn) bailed a long time ago.
We migrated into Tipton Co 3 yrs ago, our car, house ins and property taxes all went down by a third.
I have white relatives who live in Memphis. They’re about as racist as they could be. But they love them some democrats and keep voting for them.
Truthfully I believe all who can afford to leave have left.