In article >, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

> Levelwave© > wrote in
> :
>
> > jmcquown wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks, Pam. We do indeed to some serious cooking in Memphis. AND,
> >> it's pretty hard to classify an entire city and surrounding burbs,
> >> population close to a million people, as a "dump". Perhaps John's
> >> family lived in one of the poor areas of town, say, Frayser, where the
> >> only "spices" one uses is salt, pepper and Kraft BBQ sauce
> >
> >
> > I live in Tennessee... Surely I can poke fun of one of our cities
> > without'cha gettin' upset
>
> You weren't at all clear about that. In fact, your comment came across as
> rude. I don't live in Memphis, but I did live there many years ago. I
> would take Memphis over any other city in the state.
>

John probably lives in middle or eastern Tennessee, either of which
sub-state has detested western Tennessee since Boss Crump days. As a
kid I always dreamed of travel when I saw Memphis highways signs for
Jackson,MS, Little Rock, AR and Nawlins, LA. I was shocked, simply
shocked on my first trip to Nashville where I saw a highway sign to
Chicago, IL. Couldn't believe there were places north of Tennessee
where people would actually want to go.