OT. Leaving in Memphis

[noxdog]

I have a family member who is going to be working in downtown Memphis and is trying to decide where to live (Condo or apartment). Any memphis Dawgs have some recs...Mud Island, Downtown, Mid town, Southhaven?

TIA.

Edit..meant LIVING. Sorry.

 

[ArcherSPS]

South Main is on the come up. It's a really great area with plenty to do and maybe a ten minute walk to the center of downtown.

 

[Felonious Junk]

Yeah but if you’re on foot you won’t be walking. So it’s much closer than 10 minutes. More like a 3 minute sprint for your life.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

Is he married with kids?

If he doesn't have kids, I'd recommend living near Overton Square or South Main. I just saw some nice smaller homes going up near East parkway and Sam Cooper. The city is working hard to keep the trendy areas in Memphis safe. If I didn't have kids, and worked downtown, I'd be living in either of those areas.

 

[ArcherSPS]

This post tells me that you don't have any 17ing idea what you're talking about.

 

[o_fredgarvin]

Mud Island if you are going condo/apt route

 

[ArcherSPS]

Tell them to check these places out:
www.atthebrewery.com
southbluffsapartments.com
southlinememphis.com
liveupfront.com/cabinet-shop-lofts
liveupfront.com/printers-alley/
http://www.thechisca.com/

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

Downtown there are a few options. Condos are in pretty short supply due to the high demand but they could find an apartment. I would look either in Mud Island, South Main or downtown proper. They could look in Midtown too. I prefer it there over downtown. It is more my style of living except for the hippies.

Southaven is a fine town, but the traffic is insane. I avoid going there at all costs.

 

[eckie1]

I-40 a solid east/west route... I-55 the winner for north/south.

I have a family member who is going to be working in downtown Memphis and is trying to decide where to live (Condo or apartment). Any memphis Dawgs have some recs...Mud Island, Downtown, Mid town, Southhaven?

TIA.

Edit..meant LIVING. Sorry.

I’m always happy to be an ***.*****

 

[HWY51dog]

If no kids I would be in midtown. However, if kids I would look at Desoto County.

 

[Felonious Junk]

You’re right tough guy. I didn’t live there for 25 years.

 

[msstatelp1]

If they don't have kids then downtown, Mud Island, or Midtown are good areas. If they have kids, get to Germantown, Collierville, or Desoto County, it will be a pain in the *** commute but the kids will thank them.

A few downtown options:

Fielders Square is expensive but if you get the right apartment, it'll overlook Autozone Park and is an easy walk to Beale and most of downtown.

https://www.fieldersquare.com/


Crosstown Concourse used to be the old Sears Warehouse. It's not an easy walk to downtown but is only a couple of miles away.

http://crosstownconcourse.com/

Gayoso House is on Front Street literally across the street from Autozone Headquarters. It's a bit older but still fairly nice.

http://www.gayosohousememphis.com/

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

You’re right tough guy. I didn’t live there for 25 years.

He just said you didn't know what you are talking about which is still true.

 

[Shamoan]

I lived in walls for a while. I wouldn't recommend it.

 

[tatedog]

If he's going the condo/apt route for sure, definitely scratch DeSoto County off as there is nothing there price wise that remotely offsets the traffic aggravation. If this has even the slightest potential of being a long term situation, screw the condo/apt route and buy land in/near Hernando. Thank me in 10 years.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

I’m sorry that you lived in Walls. That’s like Hell on Earth.

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

You know when you edit it you can actually fix the "leaving" instead of the notation

 

[SwampDawg]

I'll go with Mud Island also. Our son has rented an apartment there for a few years. Nothing fancy, but more than adequate, and safer than anywhere else in Memphis. He lived in various places before going to the Island. Had his vehicle broken into twice, and his apartment/loft three times. Hint; where ever you go do NOT leave anything visible in your car. One of his car break ins was to steal a $20 air pump. Hide everything or take it inside your house.

 

[ArcherSPS]

You do realize places change right? Downtown is a great place to be right now, stop acting like it’s some post-apacolyptic battle royale.

 

[hatfieldms]

Or Germantown/Collierville

 

[Drebin]

I have a family member who is going to be working in downtown Memphis and is trying to decide where to live (Condo or apartment). Any memphis Dawgs have some recs...Mud Island, Downtown, Mid town, Southhaven?

TIA.

Edit..meant LIVING. Sorry.

Really need more information. If he's single, there's plenty of condos/apartments downtown and midtown that will do the trick. If he has a family and school-age kids, he needs to be in Desoto county. The best place would be SE Desoto County in the Lewisburg school district....best schools in the state of Mississippi, some of the nicest neighborhoods in Desoto County, and with the new I-269 corridor opening in a couple of months, it would be a pretty easy 30 minute shot downtown (probably closer to 45 in rush hour). Hernando area would be my second choice. Germantown/Collierville is overpriced and congested. Southaven/Horn Lake ain't what it used to be.

Me, personally, I wouldn't live in Memphis at all but that's personal preference. A lot of people like it fine. There are plenty of nice options downtown at south bluffs and mud island, and in midtown near overton square.

 

[HWY51dog]

Really need more information. If he's single, there's plenty of condos/apartments downtown and midtown that will do the trick. If he has a family and school-age kids, he needs to be in Desoto county. The best place would be SE Desoto County in the Lewisburg school district....best schools in the state of Mississippi, some of the nicest neighborhoods in Desoto County, and with the new I-269 corridor opening in a couple of months, it would be a pretty easy 30 minute shot downtown (probably closer to 45 in rush hour). Hernando area would be my second choice. Germantown/Collierville is overpriced and congested. Southaven/Horn Lake ain't what it used to be.

Me, personally, I wouldn't live in Memphis at all but that's personal preference. A lot of people like it fine. There are plenty of nice options downtown at south bluffs and mud island, and in midtown near overton square.

Lewisburg is in such high demand now, in two-three years the population will have exploded. Basically when I meet someone I can about guess they are wanting 2-3 acres in Lewisburg schools and be right 80% of the time. Land in around Hernando is like gold right now.

 

[hatfieldms]

I live in Germantown and do not feel it is congested at all. Yes, the housing market is high but that is mainly because of everyone trying to get into the school system out here

 

[Ishmael]

Others have given good recommendations about downtown, midtown, and the suburbs, but let me add a plug for east Memphis if he had kids. If he does not, I’d go with any of the suggestions mentioned already for downtown.

East Memphis has a lot of good food and entertainment options (more than the suburbs previously mentioned, but less than downtown and midtown). It’s also an easy 20-minute drive most places in the area and lets me pretend I’m not living a stereotype by moving to the suburbs once I have kids. There are good school options in Memphis, but also more bad options than in some of the suburbs.

 

[thf24]

You’re right tough guy. I didn’t live there for 25 years.

People who think Memphis is a deteriorating warzone because they lived there in the past are just like opposing fans who think Starkville is a one-horse dump because they came to a game 15 years ago.

Plus, the crime issues are greatly exaggerated by current and former residents, and misunderstood by outsiders as a result. The overall numbers on the violet crime are skewed due to extremely high activity in a few small, self-contained areas off the beaten path. In the majority of the city where one would have any desire to be, the crime is no more or less a problem than in any metropolitan area. In fairness, South Main used to be on the edge of one of those hot spots, but anyone who's paid attention in the past few years knows that is rapidly changing (I work in South Main).

 

[hatfieldms]

I completely agree with this. I have lived here for 11 years now and have not once felt like I was in an unsafe situation. I don’t hang out in frayser or whitehaven though so that might help

 

[johnson86-1]

nm

 

[The_Pylon]

Fraser's cool

I completely agree with this. I have lived here for 11 years now and have not once felt like I was in an unsafe situation. I don’t hang out in frayser or whitehaven though so that might help

There used to be a good sweat lodge there, and right on the banks of the Wolf.

 

[Dubs.sixpack]

I completely agree with this. I have lived here for 11 years now and have not once felt like I was in an unsafe situation. I don’t hang out in frayser or whitehaven though so that might help

My work takes me to Whitehaven and south of downtown every day (I work in logistics) and I've never once felt threatened. Crime isn't as random as people want to believe.

That being said, South Main is an awesome place to both live and hang out in. I moved to East Memphis a couple of years ago and have loved it.

Also, for the first time in my 30 years here we're about to have both a solid city mayor and county mayor in Jim Strickland and David Lenoir. I'm sure I'm biased but I'm bullish on the long-term prospects of the city.

 

[Shamoan]

i lived in olive branch and southaven as well (before traffic wasnt as bad)...so it wasnt all desolation.

 

[msstatelp1]

I had a warehouse at Crump and Phelan, just east of Mississippi Blvd that I never felt threatened whether it was daylight or dark....but there were parts of Raleigh, Frayser, and stretches of Latham St. that I couldn't wait to leave.

 

[noxdog]

No Family

Really need more information. If he's single, there's plenty of condos/apartments downtown and midtown that will do the trick. If he has a family and school-age kids, he needs to be in Desoto county. The best place would be SE Desoto County in the Lewisburg school district....best schools in the state of Mississippi, some of the nicest neighborhoods in Desoto County, and with the new I-269 corridor opening in a couple of months, it would be a pretty easy 30 minute shot downtown (probably closer to 45 in rush hour). Hernando area would be my second choice. Germantown/Collierville is overpriced and congested. Southaven/Horn Lake ain't what it used to be.

Me, personally, I wouldn't live in Memphis at all but that's personal preference. A lot of people like it fine. There are plenty of nice options downtown at south bluffs and mud island, and in midtown near overton square.

And it's a she.

 

[msstatelp1]

And it's a she.

My ex lived in Gayoso House for a couple of years without any problems. If your family member doesn't mind driving then Magnolia Apartments in Hernando are pretty good. My daughter lives there and drives to St. Francis for work.