# Middle Tennessee Dopers. Say hi!

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [June 30, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871 "2004-06-30T13:09:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871/1 "2004-06-30T13:09:11Z")

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Trying to find out how many Middle Tennessee Dopers there are.

Post! 🙂

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### Author: ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2004, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871/2 "2004-06-30T16:37:42Z")

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I’ve noticed that TN dopers don’t like to identify themselves as such. Not so much Middle TNians as West TNians. A few months ago when that tornado hit Memphis, a whole bunch of people posted to the thread, and before that, had not given any indication they where TNians. But that’s _Memphis_ in a nutshell. 😉  
HI!

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### Author: ![lokij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@lokij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lokij)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871/3 "2004-06-30T17:48:55Z")

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… here’s one. Nashville, born and raised… which makes me in the distinct minority here nowadays. ;\>

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### Author: ![Nightsong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightsong/32/3083_2.png) [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871/4 "2004-06-30T17:54:46Z")

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> [@hillbilly queen](#):
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> I’ve noticed that TN dopers don’t like to identify themselves as such. Not so much Middle TNians as West TNians. A few months ago when that tornado hit Memphis, a whole bunch of people posted to the thread, and before that, had not given any indication they where TNians. But that’s _Memphis_ in a nutshell. 😉

That’s because as soon as we mention Memphis, people start doing bad Elvis impersonations at us. So we try to avoid the question of where we’re from all together. 😉

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\<\< Procrastinators go to hell, but not right away. \>\>

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### Author: ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871/5 "2004-06-30T17:56:44Z")

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Hi, I’m a Middle Tennessee Doper.

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### Author: ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871/6 "2004-06-30T18:16:08Z")

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Howdy!

Also Nashville born and raised, unlike everyone else (except **lokij** apparently) who just moved here from parts unknown.

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### Author: ![Calliope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Calliope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calliope)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871/7 "2004-06-30T18:44:45Z")

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Hi.

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### Author: ![Grant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Grant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grant)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871/8 "2004-06-30T19:27:56Z")

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Well Hi,

**(Ok so I live in West TN but right on the TN river. I mean that’s close enough isn’t it? I take my boat to the other side fairly often.)**

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### Author: ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871/9 "2004-06-30T19:37:56Z")

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> [@hillbilly queen](#):
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> I’ve noticed that TN dopers don’t like to identify themselves as such. Not so much Middle TNians as West TNians. A few months ago when that tornado hit Memphis, a whole bunch of people posted to the thread, and before that, had not given any indication they where TNians. But that’s _Memphis_ in a nutshell. 😉  
> HI!

I started that thread. Look at my location. I’m proud to live in Memphis, and I know several other Dopers who are, too. But, just like clockwork, whenever you mention Memphis to hick rural Tennesseans, they get all high and mighty. “Oh, you live in _Memphis_! It must be sooooo dangerous there!” That’s because, in their world “a city with a lot of black people” = “dangerous”.

I feel safer here than at home, but I’m from [McMinnville](http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=1963716&nav=1ugFO8tJ).

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### Author: ![Grant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Grant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grant)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871/10 "2004-06-30T21:59:11Z")

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Yeah I hear that all the time.

Me: I went to Memphis this weekend.

Coworker: OMG I don’t ever go to Memphis. It’s soooo dangerous.

Me: mmmmmm…kay. Go there all the time. Never had a problem.

Coworker: Well you’re from Philadelphia. You’re used to all the blacks.

Me: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Because everybody knows where ever there are blacks there is more crime. :dubious:

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### Author: ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871/11 "2004-06-30T22:26:42Z")

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I’ve never heard that Memphis is dangerous. I love Memphis, and most people who live there are proud of it. But, Memphis has always set it’s self apart from the rest of the state, (which may be a good thing). Atlanta is the same way, so maybe it’s common with all states.

Calm down **vibrotronica**. I assume that sense you bothered to quote me, that you had actually _read_ my post. But I guess not.

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### Author: ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871/12 "2004-06-30T22:38:04Z")

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Hi! There, ya happy? 😃

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### Author: ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871/13 "2004-06-30T22:54:44Z")

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Greetings, all!

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### Author: ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871/14 "2004-06-30T22:57:41Z")

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Lived most of my life in Nashville, not there now, though.

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### Author: ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871/15 "2004-06-30T23:05:08Z")

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Another Memphian here, so I’m about as far west as you can go and still be in Tennessee. Then again my soon-to-be-mother-in-law is in Spring Hill, so I’m there or in Nashville at least every few months.

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### Author: ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871/16 "2004-06-30T23:05:24Z")

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Why aren’t most of you telling where exactly you are from in Middle Tennessee? I’m not from there but went to college there (Sewanee). I also have a second home in Memphis (on Walnut Grove; close to the main library). 😉

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### Author: ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871/17 "2004-06-30T23:16:40Z")

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Murfreesboro, here. 🙂

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### Author: ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871/18 "2004-07-01T00:00:11Z")

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Gallatin, same as \*\*Tuckerfan. \*\*

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### Author: ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871/19 "2004-07-01T03:10:08Z")

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Here! M’boro, now. Formerly Smyrna. Born and raised up North, though.

Anyone want to buy a 3-bedroom starter home in Smyrna? 😃

StG

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### Author: ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-say-hi/252871/20 "2004-07-01T03:54:34Z")

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Murfreesboro here.

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