Visit Memphis: Five Things You Will Love & Hate about Memphis, TN

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Every city has things you will love and hate when you travel. Today Wolters World is in Memphis giving you the low down on things to look out for, crime, beggers (there is a guy standing behind the camera who begged for beer money right after i made the video), driving in Memphis, finding cheap hotels, the heat in the summer...
And there are things you will LOVE about Memphis, the BBQ food, the blues music, all that is Elvis, the people and partying on Beale Street!
Filmed on Beale Street in Memphis, TN, USA.

[@woltersworld]

the music in the town is great and during the music frstivals it is even better, awesome you are heading back. all the best!!!! thanks for watching and commenting.

[@RobdaVegasMailman]

Two great gems about Memphis that you don't often hear about...the Civil Rights Museum (the site of the old Lorraine Motel, where Dr, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated} and the Stax Museum. (For fans of Soul / R&B music.)

[@floridagirl7093]

RobdaVegasMailman the civil rights museum is amazing. Wasn’t able to go to the stax museum. Next time I’m there though.

[@woltersworld]

I have always had a good time in memphis. Have I been worried, of course, but I could say the same thing in parts of lots of towns :) it is a fun city and I honestly enjoy it every time i head down your way.

[@dolphinbuc]

The food in Memphis is unbelievable, but that's where it stops. Born and raised and most Memphians are on some dumb shiiii!!! Stay downtown and don't wander off into residential neighborhoods.

[@markbrown7594]

can ya open carry in memphis

[@motogun1040]

You right, it's crazy out here. But just be attentive and looking out you will be okay. Yes Open Carry or concealed is fine with licence. But not a smart move to open carry, someone will drop you

[@SUpersaiyajinjerkbag]

This city has always had more class then given credit for.....not sure that's setting the bar very high lol

[@chuckstewart5775]

@@markbrown7594 you can now

[@nickwilson3355]

You can easily get shot trying to mugg the wrong person too, that's what some of the thugs seem to forget ha. I live about 40 minutes from memphis, I visit all the time. I love the history. I've walked threw some pretty sketch places with some sketchy people hanging in the shadows ha, but luckily never had an incident. I'm convinced that most only go for the easy targets, and your dress and body language speak volumes to that. Just stay aware of your surroundings and don't act intimidated, probably the best advice I could give.

[@woltersworld]

thanks for the heads up and for the love!

[@woltersworld]

@GhostCowboys Glad i can help. another cool southern town is savannah, georgia if you are doing a southern tour... throw in charleston with savannah and you are all good. but memphis is fun and the bbq is unbelievable. have a great trip! thanks for watching and commenting!

[@lyndaconrad4549]

I was there several years ago in April or May and the Sleep Inn downtown was pretty reasonble and right near a trolley/bus stop.

[@bringyourownbrilliance4353]

Excellent video! I am a former visitor to Memphis and agree with most of his list of "like & dislikes". I visited Memphis in August of 1987, you read that correctly, and because it was the "10th Anniversary", my party could not find rooms any closer than "50 miles away" from Memphis, although they were "$22" per night. We didn't hear of one single incident of crime when we visited back then, but, times have changed apparently. The people of Memphis who we met were amazing: strangers offered us free transportation, the staff the Heartbreak Hotel restaurant were amazing: a meal set us back "$3.50". The heat was almost unbearable! However, plenty of water and air conditioned buildings took care of the heat for us. I think it is time to make a return trip to Elvis' hometown. Safe trip to all who are planning to go. Thanks for posting the video and reading my long comments.

[@bobbybob1643]

Go to Rendezvous rib place you can even go online and order them it is so good

[@caitlinmedford3211]

No problem. Tennessee is a great place all around, my family goes every year :)

[@marcusklacke462]

went to memphis and it was the shadiest place Ive been in the US. beale street was nice but the rest of the city feels unsafe. Nashville is only three hours away but its incredibly different. If you have to pick between the two... pick Nashville

[@freespeechordeath7826]

Marcus Klacke because memphis is 70% BLACKS

[@tnskyhawk]

Please do your research if coming to Memphis. That's especially true if you are visiting Graceland. You'll probably be ok at Guest House at Graceland, but the area isn't all that great. Remember that Elvis bought the house in 1957. A different time for that area.

[@nsaad3048]

I've never had too much trouble parking downtown, but I will agree that the driving is terrible and you'll see plenty of crime if you live in the city.

[@woltersworld]

I love this video because as I am filming this a bum comes up behind the camera and listens... then after i finish comes up and says, i heard you talking about beggers asking for money, and i ain't one of them... i just need some money to get a drink... at least he was honest :)

[@ParanormalChannel]

Nicely done, been to NOLA several times and thinking on Memphis this August, good info. Thanks!

[@Bengtroslund]

Thank you, I love America. Everybody was very friendly to me. My mother is a big Elvis fan and she had the time of her life.

[@rosieherrington7304]

i think you can live with the heat there are so many places that are much hotter. and btw try the restaurant Aldo's pizza pies or i think thats how its spelled but yeah they have good pizza you guys also might like muddies bake shop those places are awesome and go to overton park too if you are there :)

[@Bengtroslund]

Thank you for the video and the tips. I am from Sweden and visited Memphis last year and I loved it. Next year I will go back and visit Nashville, Memphis and New Orleans. I will see the Bealstreet music festival like I did last time. Take care.

[@woltersworld]

I am a professor so I have lots of free time (not a lot of money) :)

[@CrossBonesAlex]

Memphis here I come - May/June 2014

[@woltersworld]

try to hit some of the Memphis in may events. the BBQ and huge concert on mud island are always fun

[@CrossBonesAlex]

I'll try but will Memphis in May still going from the 26th May on? - I will stay for two weeks and will have the great opportunity to be shown around by a local, playing some Blues there....by the way...how do you expect the weather to be at this period of time? Thanks for informing me in advance.

[@woltersworld]

that is at the end. they have a website that will tell you all the activities. just look up Memphis in may and it will have the schedule for you. but regardless you will have a blast. its a fun city

[@jimmyharris2006]

too hot ,

[@woltersworld]

@bsbgurl90 Yeah there is parking right down there (quite a few parking garages). get there early or you will have to get to a farther away parking garage which is not as "cool" shall we say.

[@lessatwi1]

Good tips--we are due in next year.

[@Me_VS_TheAI]

I love your videos. I found your videos when I was looking for things on Italy. I found them very informative. Then I found this one. I live in Memphis!! :) I'll address a few things here. We do have some of the best BBQ in the South. We hold the World Championship BBQ Festival every year in May. We do have a lot of crime due to poverty. We have lots of poverty. The bums downtown are mostly harmless unless they are in a group or if you are too drunk. They will roll you for money. Love your vids!

[@woltersworld]

@technoshitor thanks. hope if you go to memphis you have a "big ass beer" for me. They are literally called big ass beers, even signs on the street advertising for it :) and who says america's obsession with everything big is bad :)

[@vickie48]

in Memphis for 37 years, never visited Graceland its a shooting gallery

[@woltersworld]

+misconduckt with 50 buck entry

[@73h73373r357]

I live in Memphis, next t ime you are looking for parking, try Gayoso ave. on the block it joins Danny Thomas Blvd. with. Also, I think that there should be six things to hate, there are VERY nice buildings in downtown area (infact all over) that have either become cheap auto body shops, or just abandoned. Especially about 3 blocks south of Beale, lot's of abandoned warehouses, homeless haven.

[@woltersworld]

very true. I noticed that driving around last summer. thanks for the heads up on parking! much appreciated.

[@kennethwill246]

yes and its sad I hate seeing abandoned thing

[@josephusanthonybumaat9690]

Hey Mark @woltersworld ! Did the oppressive Memphis heat make you lose weight?

[@gantzisballs]

5 things to hate in Memphis. 1. Getting mugged 2. Getting shot 3. Getting stabbed 4. Getting bludgeoned 5. getting raped.

[@macrent2]

In that order?

[@TheSilvernight123]

@McCall Don't listen to that dumbass comment dude. He probably has never been to Memphis.

[@MrKiefer42]

Thanks for the video, I am from Australia and visiting Memphis in June for 2 nights - now i know what to look out for :-) Is Crowne Plaza on North Second St any good?

[@jokers55151]

Thank you so much for that info!

[@RocioL2012]

Moving soon to Tennesse not sure if Memphis or Nashville though. I hate the heat and prob thats one thing Im not gonna like about the place. Thanks for the info I'm in Cali.

[@mikeclark1830]

Sun s Studios is a must!!!!

[@SongsByTroy]

I was just there for my first time. We had great BBQ at Rendezvous (excellent ribs) and heard some good blues (Alfred's) on Beale st. It was very weird that you had to show ID and get searched and went through metal detectors to even be on the street. That should have made me feel safe, but there's a reason you go through all that. The crime must be really bad. We weren't there long, but it wasn't that easy to find good blues. Many of clubs just had cover bands, and I didn't really get a good authentic blues vibe, but again, we didn't stay long.

[@freespeechordeath7826]

Troy Thibodeaux cover charge and metal detectors best thing that happened to beale. Peope still get shot there frequently. Blues vibe was missing from beale because blues music is gone except as tourists attraction.

[@astrofrk]

I have a Tennessee Carry Permit that would otherwise be recognized. I wouldn't go to Memphis if I wasn't packing, so since there are metal detectors, I wouldn't feel safe. Not going.

[@LadyWriter1968]

I am a Londoner and would love to go to Memphis, but we would not like to drive there, so do you have to drive to see Memphis? are places so far apart that you have no choice but to drive to get to see them? May be some one can answer me here..is there other forms of transport for getting around?

[@PapiShampoooo]

In Memphis ( and the South typically) is not really efficient with public transit. You will save alot of time ,see alot more and feel more comfortable and safe if you rent a car. Memphis is not like NYC.

[@LadyWriter1968]

Thanks for info

[@matthewmilam286]

If You're thinking about going to Memphis just bypass those plans and go straight to Nashville Tennessee they have most everything Memphis has to offer all except Graceland but Nashville just seems like a better atmosphere and they have the Grand ole Opry and the public transit is much more efficient in Nashville. After you finish in Nashville float the Buffalo River in canoes that is freaking amazing stuff crazy horse is the best place to put in the river

[@LadyWriter1968]

BJ82: Thank you so much for all the information given...

[@Bengtroslund]

Yes, I saw it on google. It looked wonderful. But on our trip it is a little off route. But one day I will visit east Tennessee and the mountains. But thank you.

[@astrofrk]

East Tennessee not just another state, it is another nation.

[@bsbgurl90]

im planning on going to the fedex fourum for a concert in june. do they have their own parking garage? or where do i park?

[@caitlinmedford3211]

Gatlinburg, Tennessee is also a really nice place to be :)

[@cosmocat12]

Happy to be visiting in a few weeks. It's interesting to learn that there is such high crime there. But I am wondering if the the people are so wonderful and friendly, how come crime is so high? LOL

[@RKOkyle]

What job do you have, how do you pay for all these trips. Anyway love the video

[@daniellilly7591]

I lived in Memphis for several years, and it's true there are parts that are pretty sketchy. It's also true that it's easy to accidentally find yourself in one of these areas with one wrong turn. That being said, Memphis is a good city made up of good people. The BBQ is absolutely a must-do and the good news if you're from outta town is that no matter where you go, it's gonna be good. EVERYONE has an opinion on "the BEST" and believe me, they're ALL correct. Music is Memphis' soul and between Elvis' Graceland and WC Handy's Beale St., this is one area in which great light shines brightly in an otherwise troubled town. The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel is excellent and should have made the list if only for the history of what took place there. (The assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) I don't know if it's still offered, but one of the most fascinating "Corporate Tours" I've ever taken was in the middle of the night at the FedEx Superhub at Memphis Int'l Airport. Watching up close the tens of thousands of identical envelopes and tan boxes all magically make their way to WHEREVER, on-time, no matter what, was just gobsmacking.

[@PAULY-P]

Good review but i was waiting to see some mugging or hear gun shots in the background. 😶 Whitehaven area has definitely gone down hill. Its dodgy now. Ppl have gotten attacked, robbed or killed near the kings house. Bring protection, and if your downtown, stay there. Stay away from some of the surrounding areas. Otherwise good experience.

[@jimb993]

MIDTOWN

[@tennesseeball6587]

I Live Here And It's Pretty Good But I Has Just Found Out The Mississippi River In Memphis Tennessee Has A Lost City I Think

[@fourkurodani9924]

TennesseeBall Where'd you here that?

[@ramencurry6672]

Back when Mark was in college

[@kennethwill246]

that kind of boring for young people tho

[@nutsocket]

good video

[@Time4aKiss]

4:07 ......talk about crime

[@erichughesband5223]

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[@ChaseTerrier]

What I hate about Memphis: Everything. What I love about Memphis: Nothing.

[@cutepuppyhl1]

i amm from there u get mugged often

[@ChaseTerrier]

Memphis is nothing more than a city that wishes it was as cool as New Orleans.