i would imagine chicago is much rougher. i can handle people asking for a dollar. happens a lot up here. i am much more concerned about my wife and childrens safety, education and how they are treated. worse case they will go to a private school. it seems memphis itself doesnt have much recommendation. what about AK any good places close to the state line? ill be checking out every place that has been suggested but can never have enough. again thanks all you have been very helpful and i appreciate it.
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Cabin3tGuy
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I lived in Chicago and the surrounding areas for 3 years .... I took the train everywhere and I worked downtown at night a..... However, I cant remember ever having some of the experiences Ive had here in Memphis feeling genuinely concerned for my well-being ..... Areas you might want to avoid like the plague .... Northhaven Southhaven Frasier .... anywhere in Memphis North of Jackson Ave .... even some parts of Raleigh I dont like to go to anymore .... Any street in Midtown, downtown, or anywhere else named after a State is 99% of the time very rough neighborhood .... Just to give you an idea what I mean :
Once on my way to work I was stopped at a traffic light @ Danny Thomas and Chelsea Ave and I saw someone rob a Mapco in broad daylight and then immediately get mugged by another guy in the same parking lot ....
Also Memphis doesnt have any kind of public Transportation to speak of other than the Mata bus line and the service it provides is a joke ..... Unless you live in some impoverished neighborhood you cant get a bus to take you anywhere other than east and west on Poplar Ave ... so I hope you own a car becasue when I moved back home I had to buy a new one
Eastern Shelby county ( cordova, arlington, collierville, and germantown ) South Western Fayette County ( Oakland, Eads, Fisherville, Hickory Widthe, Lakeland) or North Mississippi ( Olive Branch, Barton, Horn Lake ) All of these places are excellent for buying a home and most have good schools
Just FYI .... Downtown is for young people who want to live beyond their means or people who want to pay top dollar for a renovated roach motel :uzi: I wouldnt waste your time unless your planning on looking at some seriously overpriced property ....
Memphis Traffic compared to Chicago is nothing so commuting really isn't an issue here ... the expressway only really backs up anywhere in 3 places ..... 240 and I40 going East , 240 @ 385 northbound and downtown going southbound at what has come to be known as malfunction junction ... Longest i have ever sat anywhere though where there wasnt some catastrophic wreck was 15-20 minutes at the most
I have a 13 year old son and we are in Collierville love the schools and I feel very safe. We have lots of friends in Olive Branch ( desoto county) they like it just as well. I would not send my son to a city school or hornelake or walls. We have checked into private schools before we moved to collierville 10 years ago. The are very expensive here and county schools educations is just as good. Good luck. Hope we'll see you at club meets.
http://www.scsk12.org/ here is the link for shelby school info.
http://www.scsk12.org/ here is the link for shelby school info.
willember
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I'm sure Chicago has bad areas too...
True, you need a car.
Actually, the amount of condos they have built has prevented the prices from getting too out of control. But you probably dont want to live in a flat without a yard with a family.
I mentioned Mud Island earlier. I think you might want to check into that. There are only 2 ways on and off, so crime is very low. I'd say less than anywhere in the metro area. The southern end has higher priced homes, but the rest has homes starting 165,000ish. There are nice parks and lots of actvity, like dog walking, jogging, walking, or just playing around by the river. Sunsets that east memphian only see in Key West ads, family atmosphere, low crime, near downtown (and nucor, I guess).
Like I said before, we love it. You could not pay me to live among the hords of people that live and drive in cordova, arlington, collierville, Lakeland, and germantown. If you want to drive 3 hours out of every day, I guess Oakland, Eads, Fisherville would be OK.
Cabin3tGuy
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I know I used to live there he commented that Chicago was worse .. and I was telling him that I felt it was the same
I live off of Collierville-Arlington road and it never takes me more than 30-40 minutes to get downtown going the speed limit ... 385 to 240 ... on expressway the whole way going 65
well i dont live in downtown and not even the same county as chicago. i have been robbed at gun point twice and had my car stolen(while i watched them take it)since i was 21 and i am now 30. ive seen almost anything you can imagine. every place has there bad areas and there good ones. if we move the best thing is to probably rent for a bit until we find the right spot for us. we will be in atlanta in the middle of august and may just drive down for a day or so to check things out. my wife will probably have the final say in where we end up.
MrRyanT
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I work for a local homebuilder, we build all over the Memphis area. I agree that the best places are probably Germantown, and Collierville, but also the most expensive. I don't think Cordova is all that great, most of it has been annexed by the city. I believe Bartlett is pretty nice and has reasonably priced homes. You mentioned Arkansas. There is town just across the river from Memphis. It is Marion, AR. The people there are very nice, but I don't know much about the schools, it is a very small town, would also probably be a very short commute to Nucor.
Siffy
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Marion to Nucor would be a 30-40 minute commute. It's located in the Rivergate Industrial Park near the Valero Refinery. That's Mallory exit (#7 I think, maybe #9) off I-55 and then another 7 miles down Riverport Rd. Or Mitchell Rd. off Third St. and you can cut through the park to enter the Industrial Park in the back. There's several ways to get in from the south, but the quickest is the most direct from the north.
Arkansas does have lower sales tax and probably lower property tax, but I don't know about income tax and otherwise. Memphis has an excess of taxes for Tennessee. Wheel Tax comes to mind, but you likely have something similar in IL. But still, it's Arkansas. And that says a lot.
And off topic, there's a frag swap in Chattanooga, TN on Sat, Aug 11th you may be interested in. It's a much cleaner, nicer city overall IMO (except the sewage smell after it rains), and only a 2 hour drive from Atlanta if you have the time that day. There's enough family activities in Chatt to occupy you for a week straight.
Arkansas does have lower sales tax and probably lower property tax, but I don't know about income tax and otherwise. Memphis has an excess of taxes for Tennessee. Wheel Tax comes to mind, but you likely have something similar in IL. But still, it's Arkansas. And that says a lot.
And off topic, there's a frag swap in Chattanooga, TN on Sat, Aug 11th you may be interested in. It's a much cleaner, nicer city overall IMO (except the sewage smell after it rains), and only a 2 hour drive from Atlanta if you have the time that day. There's enough family activities in Chatt to occupy you for a week straight.
seems there are a lot of choices. if it does go through and i get to transfer( 50-50 chance it will happen) we will have to do a lot of research. i believe i will be flying into atlanta on the 11th so wont be able to do the swap. not to mention i couldnt buy anything and that would be torture. no where to put it.
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