tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post6803854695010963825..comments2024-03-01T07:43:16.529-06:00Comments on Smart City Memphis: 10 Things I Love About MemphisUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-21649192618189157402009-03-07T22:36:00.000-06:002009-03-07T22:36:00.000-06:00Love these lists.Love these lists.Me in Memphishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114150800380990470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-41037521109632235892009-03-03T10:03:00.000-06:002009-03-03T10:03:00.000-06:00Thanks for giving so much time to this dialogue. I...Thanks for giving so much time to this dialogue. It has been very encouraging. We started the Live Where You Live campaign in part out of frustration with the tired, but overwhelming negativity that pervades here. So this concentration of positivity has been refreshing. I recognize now that affection for Memphis not rare -- and it’s not only there when we ask for it. Memphians love Memphis all the time. And even those who complain loudly often do so only because they are so affected by what is wrong with the place they love. We’re just hoping that when we face challenges, rather than letting negativity take over, we focus on why Memphis is worth fighting for. <BR/><BR/>On Saturday I took my daughter to a friend’s birthday party at the Happy Mexican restaurant near South Main. While she played with friends from her class at Downtown Elementary (which should have been on my list), I chatted with a few of the other dads. Unprompted, the conversation turned to the virtues of Memphis: diversity (we were white, black, and Indian), authenticity, friendliness, etc. All of us in the conversation had spent significant parts of our lives in other places – New Delhi, New York, Richmond, Portland, etc. – but none of us had ever felt more at home than we do in Memphis. <BR/><BR/>If anyone wants to share more, please check out Live Where You Live (go to www.livablememphis.org and click on the icon in the upper left) or join our Facebook group.<BR/><BR/>-CharlieSantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03987386359739076427noreply@blogger.com