Comments »  Comments » 53  damfino writes:  in response to
bethn:  It is really nice to read your memories of growing up in
a different age. But in what city in the US would it be
acceptable for a couple of 12 year olds to spend an un-
chaperoned day downtown? What small town for that matter? The
world is a very different place. Memphis has its problems, but
this is a non-sequitur. Lovely memories but completely
irrelevant.  Yes, it was a different age. I've lived long enough
to become an anachronism. My stroll down memory lane may be a
non-sequitur and irrelevant to the Memphis of today but you
can't know where you're going if you don't know where you've
been. Those days will never return but it doesn't have to be
like this.  SportsFan writes:   Memphis has 3 if you include
West Memphis...Chicago has 4 and Detroit has 4...does that tell
you where we are....  jaydarl writes:  I agree with the crime
issue being bad in Memphis, but most of the perception is caused
by a media that drives the fear. If the media co