Are you moving to the ghetto or what?
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6/6/2006
Homicides in Memphis for 2006 are skyrocketing to more than DOUBLE the killings that were recorded for 2005. Hopefully, it will improve. But as a born and raised Memphian, I see it increasing, as it always has. Political corruption and scandals plague the City's Administration, the Police Department, and even the electric, gas, and water company as the City's low budget has been used to give yearly raises to city officials and employees while cutting critical programs such as those used for children, libraries, schools, parks, and other educational and recreational needs. There are things to do, but you need be prepared for purse-snatchers, panhandlers, perverts, homeless wanderers, and mentally strange persons...at least within most of the city limits. Also, beware of an increased property tax in all of Shelby County, whether it be city limits or not. However, taxes and insurance are naturally higher within the limits.
I have a couple of suggestions, like a previous comment made, about what are the neighborhoods to stay AWAY from and the neighborhoods which are decent.
First, my list of some Memphis neighborhoods/intersections that are risky. Some may dub them ghetto. Others call them simply run-down, poor, unkept, crime-filled areas. My opinion...SAME THING!
-Frayser
-Midtown U of M area**(Some nice places, however your street could be good and the street next to you bad)
-Orange Mound
-Mphs Int'l Airport area
-Hollywood St & Chelsea Ave
-Raleigh (not AS bad as the others listed, but becoming poorly maintained)
-Lamar Ave (between I55 and Shelby Dr)
-Binghampton
Good/Better Areas
-Poplar Ave (closest to Germantown)
-Walnut Grove Rd
-Millington
-Bartlett
-Lakeland
-Arlington
-Downtown (careful with this area.)
-River Oaks
-Cordova
-Germantown
-Collierville
Hope this helps
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