Posted on 01/24/2019 2:50:51 AM PST by C19fan
Any time the family drives down I-95 to FL we always stop in St. Augustine. One of the most unique places on the East Coast of the US. Where else is there a Spanish colonial city along with a Vauban style fortress. The beach is very nice too.
The quaint little 3 blocks of "downtown" had been used a few times in the past as a back drop for some TV and film productions but has since lost that Mayberry feel when now finding it lined with an estimated 15,000 people for the annual Christmas parade.
Houses on barely 1/8 acre lots sprung up everywhere, including newly annexed land beyond the town limits bringing the equivalent in traffic along with it. It used to be that the only light between our town and the next town 3 miles away was a gas station next to the highway overpass. Now the entire 3 miles is lined with shopping centers, apartments and townhouses and the new bypass is a toll road.
Sucks but when the new mayor began advocating for more business and annexation, relaxing laws on downtown development, etc..., I was done. I have since sold the old house (for much more than it was worth) and moved to a new location out in the country.
Yes, it combines all the worst aspects of New Orleans with a worse climate, less good food, and some of the most unpleasant black people this side of Chicago.
Just south of the old town, near the Oldest House in St. Augustine, is the home of Charles Louis Napoleon Achille Murat, son of Napoleon’s Cavalry commander.
Pretty little house.
I like Memphis. Yes, crime, and yes, liberal, but there are some wonderful things.
The Ducks at the Peabody Hotel are adorable. The barbecue is yummy. The museum about the Mississippi River on Mud Island is very cool, and the Pyramid Bass Pro Shop is also cool.
It has a nice downtown baseball stadium for a minor league team.
I toured Memphis State with my daughter for college. She didn’t choose to go there, but it looked like a good enough place to me.
Memphis airport is our destination frequently when taking our daughter back to college in MS. Much nicer than LAX in terms of charm and ease of navigation.
Can’t say that Memphis is “best” of any category, but it’s pretty good, from the perspective of a Los Angeleño.
Written by the Memphis Chamber of Commerce. Last two times I went through Memphis I was glad to get out alive. Once through all the trucks around the airport and once across I-40. Both tmes between 2007 and 2011.
My impression either time resolved me to only go through Memphis and only when I can’t go some other way.
Absolutely. No truer words spoken.
The last time I was in Memphis; I was on Beale St. I observed my surroundings and made a mental note to get the HELL outta there before sundown.
Hands down. Memphis is the armpit of TN!!! Tripsavvy must be getting paid off by Memphis to publish this hype.
What’s #2 on the list? Detroit?
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