Memphis: We Visit One Of The Most Interesting - And Dangerous - Cities In America

[@stevecarlsonvinylcommunity9147]

I have been binging all these videos, awesome trip that most of us only dream about. You two do a great job with these videos. Love them, interesting and informative.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Wow, thank you for that, Steven. :)

[@stafford777]

Good Lord! Try to show your good wife some respect. And loosen up!

[@ruthlessgoat3702]

@@stafford777 Why? She looks great!

[@ebrena1876]

Thank you for all the time and in-depth videos you two do. I do like it when Nicole is in the video, she has a good sense of humour and I like that and she puts you in your place Joe. I go on all the trips with you, I can't travel and these are amazing. I live in Canada, and seeing the US in an interesting and everyday life is nice. Something we don't see in news media and movies.

[@lisah60]

I've lived in Memphis for it will be 40 years December of this year. Even though your video was two years ago thanks for coming here and showing some parts of the city. It was some nice footage. Memphis had a lot of fun things to do for families like a amusement park and water park and the yearly fair not to mention several go kart and putt putt golf places. And nice malls to shop at. I think only one mall still exists here with the major department stores. We used to like riding through downtown. Haven't done that in years.

[@CosmicStargoat]

I lived in the Memphis area for 56 years. Memphis went from a fast-growing family friendly city in the 50s, to a corrupt, decaying and crime-ridden city today.

[@JamesBrown-hs6vg]

Typical Democrat ran city

[@jameswesterman9283]

That's what happens when Democrats take over

[@ruthlessgoat3702]

Well, I don't know what happened to the comments.

[@studebricker2845]

​@@ruthlessgoat3702Too much truth about crime statistics perhaps ?

[@Jeymez]

white people

[@tina74166]

Love the music Joe & Nicole~~ AND ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO!!😊👍💛

[@JulieIelasi-lt7yp]

WOW MLK 👌 great they left that hotel room exactly the same way all them years ago 😮❤

[@howardlowry6412]

Commercialized racism!

[@loisjackson3846]

Born and raised in Memphis loved living there, great memories until 1968. Then the city went down hill. There are still beautiful drives, like south parkway east. I always liked that road, beautiful homes and flowers. I left memphis in 1995 and was born in 1947 there. I grew up in Whitehaven and Germantown.

[@toomanybears_]

I grew up in Whitehaven too. The events of '68 destroyed the downtown business district which never recovered but the stake through the heart was the forced bussing of school children for the purpose of "desegregation" (although the schools were not formally segregated) and the resultant "white flight" first from the school system then from the city itself.

[@buk6708]

S park is one of worst areas. I was with an investor who wanted to spend 28M+ and we looked at R/e all in Memphis. The warehouses were absolutely atrocious. We decided to invest in Covington, Georgia due to access of Atlanta and Charlotte centers already here. Memphis has an excellent logistic spot, but it’s like barely able to keep street lights on.

[@MPB059]

I went to Memphis last year and it’s one of my favorite cities to visit. I visited the MLK, Jr hotel, Beale Street, Peabody hotel, 901 comics, bass pro shop pyramid, Mud Island, central bbq and Gus world fried chicken! Memphis is a fun city !

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Same for us. We love it there, and visit once a year.

[@stevetessier8532]

I enjoy your videos very much...I commend both Nicole and you Lord Spoda, for all that you do .A delighted subscriber...Many Thanks...

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Wow, thank you!

[@GodzWarriah]

Thanks for coming to the M!! Hope you enjoyed your time here. Thank you for speaking well of us!! We definitely have our issues but we also have potential to be a great city!! Also the Next time you come, visit Snooky's restaurant on Second Street in Downtown! Great food!! 🥗🍜🍝 Thanks again 🙏🏿💯

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

We love Memphis! We have a great time every time we visit. 😃

[@JulieIelasi-lt7yp]

That is sooo very sweet fir the duck's WOW so beautiful 😍 😊❤🎉

[@MrBill-aka-Badknite]

Wow, that was a big jump from Albuquerque to Memphis :)

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

We took a week off in Dallas to check up on our (grown but still young) children, then headed out to Memphis from there. :)

[@prophetmargin7497]

Always wanted to visit Graceland, I'm sure it was amazing!

[@barblenzen2198]

Love your videos may thanks

[@steven9541]

Cool video, little longer and a fight was about to break out😮😂 you have a lot of patience sir

[@hoopty.]

This here is my city!💪

[@FlaGrown1955]

Bass Pro hotel is beautiful to stay in.

[@coreysmith8560]

Memphis seems like Las Vegas in terms of how busy it is and the various live music, the lights are bright and the city doesn't sleep.

[@tasossaros8375]

Thanks 😊

[@proteus8535]

Joe looks like you were having a hard time keeping up with Nicole in this video don't know if you pulled a hamstring in this video another great video Joe and Nic

[@danielburke4113]

Great history lesson. Thx.

[@JamieTheBangles11Fan]

If you haven't been to Sun Studio yet, that's a must.

[@shamalama29]

What car are you driving and how reliable is it?

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

At the time, a Ford Bronco Sport. We put 120K miles on it and didn't have a single problem.

[@shamalama29]

God's Speed, I love what ya'll are doing.@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

[@keyup2626]

You need to go George Dickel distillery while your there.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

We are going to the Jack Daniels distillery, and will drive right by Dickel’s. If we have time, we’ll stop by.

[@keyup2626]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip that would be so cool to see the Dickel distillery. But Jack Daniels distillery is the Mecca of distilleries in North America lol.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Key, I’ve been thwarted, lol. The Jack Daniels tours are all booked. I didn’t realize it was a holiday weekend here. I checked to see if we could tour the Dickel’s Brewery, but they have suspended their tours because of COVID. We’ll be coming back near here in a couple weeks . We’ll try again then.

[@keyup2626]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip oh that’s terrible news. But I sure hope you’ll be able to see Jack on your way back through.

[@dirtvegan]

Peabody MOTEL😀

[@WhittyPics]

Did you see Elvis in Graceland?

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

We did on an earlier trip.

[@simmonsbj86]

Love memphis. Rendezvous has the best ribs ever. Wet willies is great, and coyote ugly. Also Silky O'Sullivan's has drunken goats lol

[@davidharris7235]

Kind of a slow night on Beale Street

[@redwolfexr]

Yeeaahhh, there is a failing BassPro... it wasn't more crowded at CHRISTMAS? I am guessing nobody likes the long walk from parking to the store.

[@howardlowry6412]

Good guess!

[@danieljames4405]

Maybe it was just the video but Beale Street look very deserted ?

[@ellenhood1356]

Depends on the time of the day probably

[@chrisman3965]

I saw KISS in the Pyramid. Still baffles me that it's now a BPS.

[@LIVERPOOLandFARBEYONDNEWS]

Cant ye eat the ducks? They look dead tasty an are making me hungry.

[@TheProgrammerGuy]

Why would you walk BAREFOOT in ANY hotel/motel?!!!

[@terrytolentino5459]

Strange to hear about segregation being a bad thing. I grew up in the Detroit suburbs and didn't realize how segregated the area was.. The metropolitan area is segregated by choice and no one seems to have a problem with it.

[@davidbowen2175]

Memphis looks ok in the music district, but lots of ghetto areas...need to clean up their act to attract tourists to other areas. Temnnessee is not my favorite place...obviously. RB, Conyers, ga

[@vegasmarc7252]

If cities were people, Nashville is the famous country superstar. Memphis is the corner street performer.

[@Rudolph_Manor]

Memphis has more soul than Nashville. 💯

[@davechristian7543]

3:13 I hope u didn't hurt your leg buddy as u have quite a limp there .. ps No fire-arms allowed lol just like in the old west 'they should hand there guns in at the police stations front desk or don;t u guys still have Sharif's in America lol well in the west anyway.?> Oh n was gonna ask r u from texes plz

[@donalddopp1257]

You have a cool wife............ except for the vaping?

[@Jeymez]

what's wrong with vaping, minus it not being good for your health, but it's better than any cigarette. best of all, no pollution.

[@howardlowry6412]

The vaping is HER choice. Respect it if you want your choices to be respected! 🤔

[@bobbyjames5327]

...dob1945usaDOC..

[@JulieIelasi-lt7yp]

Good to review hotels 🏨 😊 ❤

[@jeffpoole5620]

You seem very picky..yet you stayed at a budget motel

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

It wasn't a budget hotel. It was a mid-range hotel.

[@davez9050]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip love your videos .

[@bakerme323]

They always do lol

[@bakerme323]

Wait no, the Peabody is supposed to be a good one!!

[@studebricker2845]

Exactly. Stay at average, you get average. Stop complaining. Many average hotels don't have hot breakfast at all.

[@cintroberts6614]

They should have a James Earl Ray day

[@toomanybears_]

I remember when I was a kid the sanitation workers' union and by extension all city employees got the day of King's assassination as a paid holiday. When later it was made a national holiday they wanted that one too. Well, they were told they couldn't have both so pick one. Some redneck councilman, can't remember his name, actually proposed that the black city workers get his birthday off and the white city workers get the day of his assassination off and call it James Earl Ray Day. It was so cringe that even the other white councilmen were like, woah, and tried to distance themselves from him. He got defeated in the next election. Anyone remember his name??