(September 15, 2014 at 1:42 pm)Fromper Wrote: Having lived in the Memphis area, I know how you feel. I lived there for 4 years as a kid. Even being a Jewish white kid was enough to face discrimination in 1st grade. My dad moved back there a few years ago, and tried to convince me to come to the area, too. Now that I'm an adult vegetarian atheist, I wouldn't want to go back. Just visiting my dad there once a year makes me feel like I've left the country I live in (blue state America) for a whole different country (red state America).
Memphis isn't one of favorite places either, but like most other cities areas of it aren't bad. Mid-town is mostly a decent place, and the Cooper-Young neighborhood in particular is not your stereotypical southern US neighborhood.
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